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From: bbrewer@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Robert Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Commodore BBS's
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Date: 22 Jan 91 16:50:14 GMT
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In article <91020.015850MLADAIR@MTUS5.BITNET> MLADAIR@MTUS5.BITNET (Phantom) writes:
>Does anybody know of any good C-128 BBS programs out there.
>Right now I am checking out EBBS, but I would like to experiment
>and see what some others have to offer.
>
>It would be great if they could have Doors, and possibly ANSI support.
>What would be IDEAL, is if the user could choose between an
>ASCII, CBMSCII, or an ANSI logon.
>
    Deadlock BBS is an excellent program as well as Color64. For 
    information on both of these programs, contact Mitch Duszynski in Urbana,
    Illinois. His voice number is (217)337-0156. In a town with over 30 
    BBS's, his is probably the most popular even among the IBM boards. I'm
    sorry, but I don't have the number for Surburbia! handy since I always
    called it with auto dialers.

>One quick question:  I am trying out EBBS right now to see if it is
>worth it.  I am having a problem with sending or receiving EMAIL and
>FEEDBACK.  It writes to the drive, but you can't read it.  I was
>wondering if this is just because this is the Shareware version, or
>if is an actual bug in the program.
>
>Thanx in advance - Matt Adair
>
>
>--
>
>Internet:  MLADAIR@MTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU
>Bitnet: MLADAIR@MTUS5.BITNET

     EBBS stores Email and Feedback as USR files. This way, if a caller asks
     to see the disk directory, he won't see a list of private messages.
     To see private messages in a directory type from the sysop menu:
     "$" to ask for the directory, then enter which drive. Then you must
     enter what types of files you want to view. If I remember right it is

     * for all files
     *=s for sequential files
     *=u for usr files
     *=p for program files

     Of course I could be wrong. To read feedback, you must go to the BBS
     menu and select "R"ead mail. Otherwise, you will not see it. The system
     automatically erases email when you log off to maintain disk space.

     Sometime ago, I wrote the author of EBBS for information on this program.
     He was very nice, prompt and helpful. His version for 128 is, I am told,
     a graphix program. The 64 version was not, which is why I never pursued
     it further.



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