Hi all - this is a test to make sure I have my DoveNET settings correct and the chance to ask a quick question about the sbbs list.

When I first configured the newest version I was hoping to have a DNS entry shortly but that hasn't panned out so I wanted to just post my semi-static IP address in the listing.

I updated my entry locally on my BBS, but it doesn't seem to be pushing out to the list... the last few days the synchro.net/sbbslist shows my system as "offline" since it's still using the invalid entry I used when first configuring (figuring I could change it later).

What's the quickest and easiest way to "push" my updated local entry to the public list? I can't seem to find the documentation for htat.

Thanks all, and awesome to be part of the BBS world again :)

-crUshed

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Crushed to All on Sat Jun 06 2020 12:46 pm

Hi all - this is a test to make sure I have my DoveNET settings correct and the chance to ask a quick question about the sbbs list.

When I first configured the newest version I was hoping to have a DNS entry shortly but that hasn't panned out so I wanted to just post my semi-static IP address in the listing.

Why not just use t0kerz.synchro.net?
http://wiki.synchro.net/module:dyndns

I updated my entry locally on my BBS, but it doesn't seem to be pushing out to the list... the last few days the synchro.net/sbbslist shows my system as "offline" since it's still using the invalid entry I used when first configuring (figuring I could change it later).

Here's how your BBS entry is on Vertrauen:
Created by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020 via msg-network
Updated by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020

So it hasn't been updated in 3 days.

What's the quickest and easiest way to "push" my updated local entry to the public list? I can't seem to find the documentation for htat.

If you make a change to any local BBS entries in the sbbslist, the next to the SBL2SMB timed event runs, it'll export the new/updated entries to the SYNCDATA echo. Should all be automatic.

Thanks all, and awesome to be part of the BBS world again :)

Cool. Welcome back,

digital man

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sat Jun 06 2020 08:31 pm

Why not just use t0kerz.synchro.net?
http://wiki.synchro.net/module:dyndns

Fantastic, done! Thanks for providing that service (and of course this amazing bbs software :)

Created by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020 via msg-network
Updated by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020
So it hasn't been updated in 3 days.

Strange, I edited the local entry on Jun 04... I just updated it again with the new DDNS entry so i'll see if it updates overnight.

I seem to be running "Synchronet BBS List v4(1.43)" - I assume that's the correct version as I didn't change anything from clean install (Win32).

Thanks again, cheers!

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Crushed to Digital Man on Sun Jun 07 2020 11:54 am

Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sat Jun 06 2020 08:31 pm

Why not just use t0kerz.synchro.net? http://wiki.synchro.net/module:dyndns

Fantastic, done! Thanks for providing that service (and of course this amazing bbs software :)

You're welcome.

Created by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020 via msg-network
Updated by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020
So it hasn't been updated in 3 days.

Strange, I edited the local entry on Jun 04... I just updated it again with the new DDNS entry so i'll see if it updates overnight.

Do you have messages in your "SYNCDATA" message base? Perhaps double-check that the "SBL" messages from your system are being exported into it. You can do this with "smbutil" if you don't see the message base while logged-in.

I seem to be running "Synchronet BBS List v4(1.43)" - I assume that's the correct version as I didn't change anything from clean install (Win32).

That version should be fine.

digital man

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sun Jun 07 2020 12:50 pm

Created by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020 via msg-network
Updated by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020
So it hasn't been updated in 3 days.

Strange, I edited the local entry on Jun 04... I just updated it again with the new DDNS entry so i'll see if it updates overnight.

Do you have messages in your "SYNCDATA" message base? Perhaps double-check that the "SBL" messages from your system are being exported into it. You can do this with "smbutil" if you don't see the message base while logged-in.

I just checked the SYNCDATA msgbase here on Vertrauen and indeed, there is only the single message from you (Crushed @ T0kerz) to "SBL" on June-3rd. So either the SBL2SMB timed event isn't running/working or your SYNCDATA msgbase is no longer connected to DOVE-Net.

digital man

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sun Jun 07 2020 12:56 pm

Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sun Jun 07 2020 12:50 pm

Created by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020 via msg-network
Updated by Crushed@T0KERZ on Jun 03 2020
So it hasn't been updated in 3 days.

Strange, I edited the local entry on Jun 04... I just updated it again with the new DDNS entry so i'll see if it updates overnight.

Do you have messages in your "SYNCDATA" message base? Perhaps double-check that the "SBL" messages from your system are being exported into it. You can do this with "smbutil" if you don't see the message base while logged-in.

I just checked the SYNCDATA msgbase here on Vertrauen and indeed, there is only the single message from you (Crushed @ T0kerz) to "SBL" on June-3rd. So either the SBL2SMB timed event isn't running/working or your SYNCDATA msgbase is no longer connected to DOVE-Net.

There's a SYNCDATA Avatar message from your system on June-6, so it appears the message base is still connected. So double-check that SBL2SMB timed event. You can also run 'jsexec sbbslist export' from a command prompt to see what it says. Normally, that event runs at least once a day and exports any new or updated BBS entries.

digital man

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sun Jun 07 2020 12:59 pm

There's a SYNCDATA Avatar message from your system on June-6, so it appears the message base is still connected. So double-check that SBL2SMB timed event. You can also run 'jsexec sbbslist export' from a command prompt to see what it says. Normally, that event runs at least once a day and exports any new or updated BBS entries.

Thanks - made another small change in the description field, then manually
ran the export from command line (see below). Doesn't look like anything is being exported; should I try deleting the entry and recreating or something?



C:\sbbs\exec>jsexec.exe sbbslist export

JSexec v3.17b-Win32 (rev 1.201) - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module
Compiled Jan 1 2019 04:43:53 with MSC 1800

Loading configuration files from C:\sbbs\ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 8388608 bytes
JavaScript: Initializing context (stack: 16384 bytes)

Reading script from C:\sbbs\exec\sbbslist.js
C:\sbbs\exec\sbbslist.js compiled in 0.02 seconds
Synchronet BBS List v4(1.43)
Opening list file: C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json
Opening msgbase C:\sbbs\data\subs\dove-syncdata
Exported 0 entries (0 errors)
C:\sbbs\exec\sbbslist.js executed in 0.08 seconds

JavaScript: Destroying context
JavaScript: Destroying runtime

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Crushed to Digital Man on Sun Jun 07 2020 06:16 pm

Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sun Jun 07 2020 12:59 pm

There's a SYNCDATA Avatar message from your system on June-6, so it appears the message base is still connected. So double-check that SBL2SMB timed event. You can also run 'jsexec sbbslist export' from a command prompt to see what it says. Normally, that event runs at least once a day and exports any new or updated BBS entries.

Thanks - made another small change in the description field, then manually ran the export from command line (see below). Doesn't look like anything is being exported; should I try deleting the entry and recreating or something?

C:\sbbs\exec>jsexec.exe sbbslist export

JSexec v3.17b-Win32 (rev 1.201) - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Jan 1 2019 04:43:53 with MSC 1800

Loading configuration files from C:\sbbs\ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 8388608 bytes
JavaScript: Initializing context (stack: 16384 bytes)

Reading script from C:\sbbs\exec\sbbslist.js
C:\sbbs\exec\sbbslist.js compiled in 0.02 seconds
Synchronet BBS List v4(1.43)
Opening list file: C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json
Opening msgbase C:\sbbs\data\subs\dove-syncdata
Exported 0 entries (0 errors)
C:\sbbs\exec\sbbslist.js executed in 0.08 seconds

It'd be interesting to see your entry in the sbbslist.json file (you could copy and paste that here). Perhaps you did something funky with the date/time of your computer?

digital man

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sun Jun 07 2020 03:50 pm

It'd be interesting to see your entry in the sbbslist.json file (you could copy and paste that here). Perhaps you did something funky with the date/time of your computer?

I didn't do anything funky with the date/time that I know of (except entering 2005 for "first online" to match when my sbbs was first online), it's a fresh windows install and a fresh sbbs install. The only things I've copied across from my 2005 sbbs archive are my xtrn door folders, and the sha/hash/sda/sdt/shd/sid files for 2 local message boards (general and notices) that I wanted to keep. Could the replacement of the general local message board have something to do with it? Here is my entry from the local sbbslist.json file:

[
{
"name": "t0kerZ hUt",
"entry": {
"created": {
"on": "2020-06-03T13:14:24.236Z",
"by": "Crushed"
},
"updated": {
"on": "2020-06-07T22:11:50.885Z",
"by": "Crushed",
"count": 3
},
"exported": {
"on": "2020-06-03T15:49:38.063Z",
"by": "sbbslist.js 1.43",
"to": "dove-syncdata",
"count": 1
},
"verified": {
"on": "2020-06-07T15:28:57.262Z",
"by": "Tubt0ke",
"count": 2
}
},
"sysop": [
{
"name": "crUshed",
"email": "crUshed420@hotmail.com"
}
],
"service": [
{
"protocol": "telnet",
"address": "t0kerZ.synchro.net",
"port": 23
}
],
"terminal": {
"nodes": "6",
"types": [
"TTY",
"ANSI"
]
},
"network": [
{
"name": "DOVE-Net",
"address": "T0KERZ"
}
],
"description": [
"A BBS for those who enjoy the finer (greener)",
"things in life! Pack a bowl and fire up some",
"of our online games (BRE, SRE, FE, Global Wars,",
"Galactic Warzone, The Pit, etc) for a hard hit",
"of nostalgia! <test edit>"
],
"total": {
"users": 4,
"subs": 26,
"dirs": 13,
"doors": 22,
"storage": 499579355136,
"msgs": 0,
"files": 0
},
"software": "Synchronet",
"location": "Toronto, Canada",
"web_site": "n/a",
"first_online": "2005-02-20T00:00:00.000Z"
},


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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Crushed to Digital Man on Mon Jun 08 2020 10:07 am

Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Sun Jun 07 2020 03:50 pm

It'd be interesting to see your entry in the sbbslist.json file (you could copy and paste that here). Perhaps you did something funky with the date/time of your computer?

I didn't do anything funky with the date/time that I know of (except entering 2005 for "first online" to match when my sbbs was first online), it's a fresh windows install and a fresh sbbs install. The only things I've copied across from my 2005 sbbs archive are my xtrn door folders, and the sha/hash/sda/sdt/shd/sid files for 2 local message boards (general and notices) that I wanted to keep. Could the replacement of the general local message board have something to do with it? Here is my entry from the local sbbslist.json file:

[
{
"name": "t0kerZ hUt",
"entry": {
"created": {
"on": "2020-06-03T13:14:24.236Z",
"by": "Crushed"
},
"updated": {
"on": "2020-06-07T22:11:50.885Z",
"by": "Crushed",
"count": 3
},
"exported": {
"on": "2020-06-03T15:49:38.063Z",
"by": "sbbslist.js 1.43",
"to": "dove-syncdata",
"count": 1
},
"verified": {
"on": "2020-06-07T15:28:57.262Z",
"by": "Tubt0ke",
"count": 2
}

This all looks fine. I think the problem is the that default export frequency is 7 days. Set export_freq = 1 in the [sbbslist] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file to over-ride this (change it to 1 day). You may need to create the [sbbslist] section.

digital man

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Re: Synchronet SBBS List
By: Digital Man to Crushed on Mon Jun 08 2020 08:04 pm

This all looks fine. I think the problem is the that default export frequency is 7 days. Set export_freq = 1 in the [sbbslist] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file to over-ride this (change it to 1 day). You may need to create the [sbbslist] section.

Thank-you sir, that did it! My updated bbs entry was pushed to the list overnight, thanks again :)

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