I think the biggest barrier to entry is people don't know how to access boards. We need a well-used, modern access program - SyncTerm is about all I know of, and it's decent but not all that intuitive at at times.
There is also the mobile barrier... BBS systems are just not designed for mobile interaction.
But I have hope!
terminal side of BBSes, I feel like including easy mobile access may be difficult. There are ANSI BBS compatible terminal apps for mobile devices, but I feel like it's very awkward to use, with small text and the virtual
Re: Back to BBSing
By: Nightfox to Dmxrob on Thu Aug 27 2026 09:39:36
terminal side of BBSes, I feel like including easy mobile access may
be
difficult. There are ANSI BBS compatible terminal apps for mobile
devices,
but I feel like it's very awkward to use, with small text and the
virtual
Does Synchronet not have a web-based access as well as ANet.
terminal side of BBSes, I feel like including easy mobile access may be
difficult. There are ANSI BBS compatible terminal apps for mobile
devices, but I feel like it's very awkward to use, with small text and
the virtual
Does Synchronet not have a web-based access as well as ANet.
I've thought about this before, and I always tend to feel like
technology did evolve already, including things accessible from mobile devices etc., and that evolution didn't really include BBSes.
I think it's inevitible that modern BBS software will have web support
of some sort. Mobile telnet interfaces are a pain.
Web support is perfectly fine, in my opinion. However, require a logged in user for read access. Guests, web crawlers, etc. shouldn't be able to read messages without authentication.
Hey awehttam!
On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:05:50 -0700, you wrote:
I think it's inevitible that modern BBS software will have web support
of some sort. Mobile telnet interfaces are a pain.
Web support is perfectly fine, in my opinion. However, require a
logged in user for read access. Guests, web crawlers, etc. shouldn't
be able to read messages without authentication.
I think that's a good idea; maybe I'll look into securing my BBS a bit
more so that the forum messages aren't visible/readable on the web side
if a user isn't authenticated. With Synchronet, I'm curious if there's
an ARS keyword to specify that (maybe there is), though offhand, I
recall being able to add ARS such as "PROT NOT HTTP" - with that, I'd expeect that the forums just wouldn't show up at all on the web side, whether authenticated or not.
Well, "they're not supposed to" at least depending on a given
network/area's rules. BinktermPHP doesn't even allow this, although individual messages can be shared - something I opted to do for sharing items of interest with those who otherwise who might be interested in a
BBS post.
Hey awehttam!
On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:05:50 -0700, you wrote:
I think it's inevitible that modern BBS software will have web support
of some sort. Mobile telnet interfaces are a pain.
Web support is perfectly fine, in my opinion. However, require a logged in user for read access. Guests, web crawlers, etc. shouldn't be able to read messages without authentication.
At least I think that's why this conversation started in the first place. ;) >
Regards,
Nick
Well, "they're not supposed to" at least depending on a given
network/area's rules. BinktermPHP doesn't even allow this, although individual messages can be shared - something I opted to do for sharing
items of interest with those who otherwise who might be interested in a
BBS post.
all sysops know how to make that call, and a default setup for a new message base allows guest access to read them, which means it's also open to read without authentication on the web.
To be clear, it's no fault of the software, or DM's choice that the sysop ultimately should make that call. It's usually just unknowing sysops that have to be informed (and maybe even shown) to make those changes - per any network/area's rules, of course.
Nightfox wrote to Accession <=-
I think that's a good idea; maybe I'll look into securing my BBS a bit more so that the forum messages aren't visible/readable on the web side
if a user isn't authenticated.
I think that's a good idea; maybe I'll look into securing my BBS a bit more
so that the forum messages aren't visible/readable on the web side if a
I think just using "NOT GUEST" on your message sub-boards is enough. To be fair, I wouldn't want a Guest account roaming around the message bases on the actual BBS, either. That's just me, though.
Re: Back to BBSing
By: Accession to awehttam on Fri Aug 28 2026 04:28 pm
Web support is perfectly fine, in my opinion. However, require a logg user for read access. Guests, web crawlers, etc. shouldn't be able to messages without authentication.
I think that's a good idea; maybe I'll look into securing my BBS a bit more so that the forum messages aren't visible/readable on the web side
if a user isn't authenticated. With Synchronet, I'm curious if there's
an ARS keyword to specify that (maybe there is), though offhand, I
recall being able to add ARS such as "PROT NOT HTTP" - with that, I'd expeect that the forums just wouldn't show up at all on the web side, whether authenticated or not.
I think that's a good idea; maybe I'll look into securing my BBS a bit
more so that the forum messages aren't visible/readable on the web side
this would be annoying. i sometimes look at DM's bbs to see if anyone posted anything and if it's worth logging in to read stuff. if he didn't i'd just look at someone else's bbs instead.
do you want to have someone not use your bbs because of something like that?
NIGHTFOX wrote to FUSION <=-
There are definitely tradeoffs. I think the issue is that internet social media activity is being increasingly monitored by certain governments, and they can decide to send police to peoples' homes ifI jokingly say I need to be on my best behaviour next week. The UK doesnt
they deem someone has posted something online that they don't like.
I jokingly say I need to be on my best behaviour next week. The UK doesnt like meant things said over actual physical crime.
The UK doesnt like meant things said over actual physical crime.
The UK doesnt like meant things said over actual physical crime.
Can you rephrase?
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