Most of my callers use the web interface. The net is quickly moving toward web browsers not accepting un-encryped urls. Google is planning on blocking insecure urls in chrome browser. Just a FYI that nobody is concerned about.

All of my websites are encrypted and you can already connect to my BBS via
my website using https at https://outpostbbs.net/connect.html -- I've got

Thanks for that, too.

that covered. Oddly enough I get few callers that use the web interface as
I get mostly old-school callers via telnet and, when I had it, POTS (surprisingly a LOT of local calls via POTS but $50+ a month for a lightly-used phone line was hard to justify).

Yeah, that's a high cost. Did you work with those users to try
to get them to connect by other means?

As for Google, they can do what they want. I don't use their spyware

unless

there's a pressing reason for it. I also don't do Windows unless there's a real reason for it also and when I do, I make sure that Windows is isolated so it can't start calling home to report on me. :D

I'm also suspicious of Microsoft and Google, but it has been
pointed out that there's a cost to everything.

Anyhow, I'll stop being OT in here. At least there's still a BBS or two to get on and enjoy.

No problem with the off-topic, just so it doesn't mess with
anyone or get the train run off the rails by volume or
misdirection.

Halloween witches brew
categories: holiday, drink, nonalcoholic, California
Servings: 12 to 24

59 oz pineapple juice, chilled
16 oz orange sherbet, softened
40 oz orange soda, chilled

Stir together juice and sherbet in a punchbowl. When sherbet
is melted, slowly stir in orange soda. Ladle into cups.

after Ramona Home Journal 10/17/19
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