Hi,
I recently started my own BBS, first with Mystic but switched to Synchronet quite quickly - and I really like it!
Thanks for this nice piece of software!
For the start, I have two questions where I did not find the answer in the Wiki:
1.
I would like to NOT use Internet E-Mail for "general purpose" mailing in the BBS, but rather only for things like password recovery or email address verification.
Is this possible, and if yes, how?
2.
As I'm using Synchronet on a Raspberry Pi which is in my "hardware rack", I'm not having the console open all the time - thus I'm unsure how to be available
for "Sysop paging" or a "Sysop chat".
How can this be achieved?
Is it possible to connect Synchronet to some kind of Instant Messaging service,
so that the chat can either be run via IM or that I the can login and start the
chat?
As I'm using Synchronet on a Raspberry Pi which is in my "hardware
rack", I'm not having the console open all the time - thus I'm unsure
how to be available
for "Sysop paging" or a "Sysop chat".
How can this be achieved?
Is it possible to connect Synchronet to some kind of Instant Messaging
service,
so that the chat can either be run via IM or that I the can login and
start the
chat?
You can run umonitor remotely and chat through that. It'll tell you if you've been paged but I don't think it'll make any kind of sound.
Hi,
I recently started my own BBS, first with Mystic but switched to Synchronet quite quickly - and I really like it!
Thanks for this nice piece of software!
For the start, I have two questions where I did not find the answer in the Wiki:
1.
I would like to NOT use Internet E-Mail for "general purpose" mailing in the BBS, but rather only for things like password recovery or email address verification.
Is this possible, and if yes, how?
2.
As I'm using Synchronet on a Raspberry Pi which is in my "hardware rack", I'm not having the console open all the time - thus I'm unsure how to be available for "Sysop paging" or a "Sysop chat".
How can this be achieved?
Is it possible to connect Synchronet to some kind of Instant Messaging service, so that the chat can either be run via IM or that I the can login and start the chat?
Setting SCFG->Networks->Internet->Allow Sending of E-mail to "No" should do that.
External chat pagers can be used to perform whatever action you want (light a light, send a text message or email, play a sound) - without an attached console.
As for the chatting part, you could then login to the terminal server (e.g. via Telnet, RLogin, or SS) and then chat with the user or run umonitor (on the same system) to then chat with them.
There is a Synchronet instant-messaging module (sbbsimsg.js, you've probably seen it), which uses ancient Internet standards for presence and messaging.
But you probably mean modern Instant Messaging, which I'd have to say, it's not built-in
(unless you include IRC and email in that) - but I seen people intergrate twitter messages and other web-API type notification services into their BBSes, I'm sure anything is possible.
Okay, thank you. I would be most interested in Matrix, as I host my own server here and like the idea of the federated network of
servers. I've seen that there is a IRC-Matrix-Bridge, maybe that could be used to connect the Synchronet IRC to Matrix...
I'll write that to my neverending to-do list :)
That sound interesting. Do you have a link to where I can start reading about it?
do you have a hint on how to create such a sysop pager?
I don't mean the RPi specifics, but where in SBBS can I configure a script that is called when someone wants to talk to the sysop.
Anna
yes, the basic script I use is at http://alleycat.synchro.net/dls/page_sysop.js it has instructions on how to implement it.
Setting SCFG->Networks->Internet->Allow Sending of E-mail to "No" should do that.
Hi,
Setting SCFG->Networks->Internet->Allow Sending of E-mail to "No" should do that.
Is there a switch or script that has to be enabled to make a "password recovery" or something like that function possible?
Also, is there a way to create a e-mail validation for new users?
I've searched on the wiki but without success.
It's enabled by default in the login module: http://wiki.synchro.net/module:login
http://wiki.synchro.net/module:emailval
Hallo digital man,
[password recovery]
It's enabled by default in the login module: http://wiki.synchro.net/module:login
Ah, after reading through this page, I found what my problem here was:
I've set "email_passwords = true" and also "confirm_email_address = true" and wondered why "nothing" happened.
But then I read that the latter option is: "Requires user to confirm their email address before sending a forgotten password".
So without activating emailval, this won't work :)
[e-mail validation]
http://wiki.synchro.net/module:emailval
I've enabled this module now and tested it - it works!
No, the 2 things aren't really related. emailval.js is for *new* users and the [login] modopts.ini settings I alerted you to are used for failed logins.
Cool.
Hi digital man,
No, the 2 things aren't really related. emailval.js is for *new* users and the [login] modopts.ini settings I alerted you to are used for failed logins.
I thought that they are related, as it says "Requires user to confirm their email address before sending a forgotten password".
What other ways are there for confirming the email address?
I thought that they are related, as it says "Requires user to confirm their email address before sending a forgotten password".
What other ways are there for confirming the email address?
The user must type it (correctly).
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