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From: leavens@aludra.usc.edu (Justin Leavens)
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Subject: Re: Macintosh BBS Programs
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Date: 24 Jun 91 18:08:45 GMT
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In article <3772@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> ianf@chook.ua.oz (Ian Florance) writes:
>> I am looking for a good macintosh bbs program, anyone that could give me any
>> suggestions and/or recommendations...I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>I can tell you two to avoid:
>Novalink and Red Ryder Host
>We tried these over a period of a year {as registered users} and although
>they were okay to the user the administrators job was not worth it. 
>I think hermes is a bit suspect as well.
>We thought we might tried HyperBBS next since we might be able to program it
>ourselves.

Hermes is actually a pretty good BBS package for the Mac. I've been running a
registered Hermes board for about a year and a half now, and I have few 
complaints. It allows for multiple nodes easily through the comm toolbox, 
has forumed message bases, full security for messages and transfers, message
threading, and a slew of other features. It also supports externals to take
care anything else you might need, and works with Tabby. It features a full
Mac interface on the sysop's side, making most sysop tasks very easy to deal
with. 

Justin Leavens