Xref: utzoo alt.bbs:179 comp.sys.ibm.pc:20735
Path: utzoo!hoptoad!pacbell!ames!mailrus!rutgers!galaxy!andromeda.rutgers.edu!bernstei
From: bernstei@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Drew E Bernstein)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: BBS Software
Message-ID: <956@galaxy>
Date: 31 Oct 88 16:00:13 GMT
Sender: news@galaxy
Reply-To: bernstei@andromeda (Drew E Bernstein)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Lines: 33

In article <99.235EA92D@medsoft> you write:
>Are you sure you want to use PC-Board? Not that I have much 
>against it as long as I don't have to use it, but it's slow and 
>not all that user friendly. Why not use QuickBBS, TPBoard or 
>Opus for that matter.
>
>If you want to have a truly professional KOM (message based 
>system, has files, but concentrates on message handling) system, 
>there are "TCL" and "Allan's Kakburk" by two swedish authors, 
>these are both excellent systems. Written in C..
   
   We looked around for a bulletin board system that met a few requirements.
               1) Well Supported.
	       2) Supports multiple nodes over a network.
	       3) Has large installed user base.
	       4) Supports outside Doors.
	       5) Will work with a PAD and most modems.
	       6) Fast and efficient file transfer protocols. 
	       
PC-Board met all of those requirements.  It was easy to install in the test
there are many local sysops running it to assist us with miscellaneous
problems.  There are a few things it is lacking though.  We would like to be
able to use a true e-mail system and send files with messages to an individual
user.  We have devised a way of doing this with some programs and the comments
field but it is very awkward and requires a program to be constantly moving 
files around.  This method is very kludgy and I would like to avoid it, but if
nothing else can be found, it will have to suffice.  If you can suggest
another program that has the network features like PC-Board but with true
E-Mail capabilities and where I can contact the authors or company, I would 
be very grateful.  Also, has anyone heard anything about Galticomm BBS.
 
                                            Regards,
					      Drew Bernstein