From: jon.justvig@vert.synchro.net.remove-1mm-this

Hi all,

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router). Any ideas?

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Sincerely,
Jon Justvig (1:298/25)
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From: echicken@ECBBS.remove-xg6-this

To: Jon Justvig
Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 19:13:17

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router). Any ideas?

http://wiki.synchro.net/module:sbbsimsg

Do 'the other ports' include 11/udp and 18/tcp? Maybe review the above page, especially the 'Requirements' section and see if anything differs in your setup.

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From: va7aqd@VA7AQDS.remove-11x0-this

To: Jon Justvig
Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the

SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on

other boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is

open and that port as well as the other ports are

forwarded in my gateway (router). Any ideas?

Have you tested port 11 (if that's what you have configured for ActiveUser or ActiveUser-UDP) from outside of your network to ensure it is actually working?
Do you have log entries for ActiveUser-UDP?

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From: digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-wuo-this

To: Jon Justvig
Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

Hi all,

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router). Any ideas?

Your system is currently listed in the official list (ftp.synchro.net/sbbsimsg.lst):
vintagebbsing.com 99.74.239.111
Stepping Stone BBS

Now, your BBS won't "appear" in the inter-bbs IM list on other systems unless there is someone actually using your BBS (online) at that moment.

digital man

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From: mark.lewis@1:3634/12.73.remove-at9-this

To: Jon Justvig

On 2019 May 30 19:13:16, you wrote to All:

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on
the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other
boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is
open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my
gateway (router). Any ideas?

port 25 is smtp... you also need finger (79 tcp/udp), msp (18 tcp), and 11 udp IIRC...

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From: cr1mson@1:298/26.remove-1ew-this

To: echicken

echicken wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 19:13:17

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router). Any ideas?

http://wiki.synchro.net/module:sbbsimsg

Do 'the other ports' include 11/udp and 18/tcp? Maybe review the above page, especially the 'Requirements' section and see if anything differs
in your setup.

Port 11 and 18 are open and included in the services as enabled both tcp/udp.

will check the webpage you listed again to see what might be going wrong with it.
It worked for about a day after my BBS got verified with the SBBS Listing,
fter
that it just stopped. I log into my BBS then also connect to Vert to see if my BBS shows up on the SBBSIMSG listing; my Vert username/bbs shows up on mine,
ut
not on Vert. Just curious to why it doesn't show on both while I'm connected
n
both at the same time.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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From: cr1mson@1:298/26.remove-1ew-this

To: Digital Man

Digital Man wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

Hi all,

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router). Any ideas?

Your system is currently listed in the official list (ftp.synchro.net/sbbsimsg.lst):
vintagebbsing.com
99.74.239.111 Stepping Stone BBS

Now, your BBS won't "appear" in the inter-bbs IM list on other systems unless there is someone actually using your BBS (online) at that
moment.

That's just the thing though, I connect on Vert and on my own BBS at the same time; while I'm on mine I can see my name listed on Vert, yet at the same time I don't see my name/bbs while I'm on Vert (being logged in on mine also).

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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From: cr1mson@1:298/26.remove-1ew-this

To: mark lewis

mark lewis wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

On 2019 May 30 19:13:16, you wrote to All:

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on
the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other
boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is
open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my
gateway (router). Any ideas?

port 25 is smtp... you also need finger (79 tcp/udp), msp (18 tcp), and
11 udp IIRC...

Those are open, forwarded and tested from an outside source.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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From: cr1mson@1:298/26.remove-1ew-this

To: Va7aqd

Va7aqd wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the

SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on

other boards. I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is

open and that port as well as the other ports are

forwarded in my gateway (router). Any ideas?

Have you tested port 11 (if that's what you have configured for
ActiveUser or ActiveUser-UDP) from outside of your network to ensure it
is actually working? Do you have log entries for ActiveUser-UDP?

I've test an outside port to port 11 and it's open. ActiveUser-UDP is constantly
connecting and terminating which appears as some systems are able to connect, but
not all it seems.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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From: digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-e2f-this

To: cr1mson
Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: cr1mson to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2019 08:12 pm

Digital Man wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

Hi all,

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards.
I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router).
Any ideas?

Your system is currently listed in the official list (ftp.synchro.net/sbbsimsg.lst):
vintagebbsing.com
99.74.239.111 Stepping Stone BBS

Now, your BBS won't "appear" in the inter-bbs IM list on other systems unless there is someone actually using your BBS (online) at that moment.

That's just the thing though, I connect on Vert and on my own BBS at the same time; while I'm on mine I can see my name listed on Vert, yet at the same time I don't see my name/bbs while I'm on Vert (being logged in on mine also).

Maybe you're in quiet mode on your BBS? You can use a finger client or a netcat/nc connection to your finger or active-user/systat service on your BBS to who's online/active:

$ nc -u vintagebbsing.com 11

User Action Time-on Age Sex Node ------------------------- ------------------------------- -------- --- --- ----

Or in JSON format:

$ echo .active-users.json | nc -u vintagebbsing.com 11
[]

(the query/response is working, just nobody is using your BBS)



digital man

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From: cr1mson@1:298/26.remove-b2j-this

To: Digital Man

Digital Man wrote to cr1mson <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: cr1mson to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2019 08:12 pm

Digital Man wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

Hi all,

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards.
I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router).
Any ideas?

Your system is currently listed in the official list (ftp.synchro.net/sbbsimsg.lst):
vintagebbsing.com
99.74.239.111 Stepping Stone BBS

Now, your BBS won't "appear" in the inter-bbs IM list on other systems unless there is someone actually using your BBS (online) at that moment.

That's just the thing though, I connect on Vert and on my own BBS at the same time; while I'm on mine I can see my name listed on Vert, yet at the same time I don't see my name/bbs while I'm on Vert (being logged in on mine also).

Maybe you're in quiet mode on your BBS? You can use a finger client or
a netcat/nc connection to your finger or active-user/systat service on your BBS to who's online/active:

$ nc -u vintagebbsing.com 11

User Action Time-on Age
Sex Node ------------------------- ------------------------------- -------- --- --- ----

I get the same result when I use finger vintagebbsing.com even with me logged in.
That's an idea for quiet mode with my BBS. I'm not sure if I am in quiet mode or
not. How might I turn off quiet mode or get out of that mode so it shows me active when I use finger vintagebbsing.com?

Perhaps because I am using my SysOp account? A shot in the dark would be that

have a flag set that puts me in this mode automatically. I'll try logging in
s
a regular user and see if that makes a difference.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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From: digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-ora-this

To: cr1mson
Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: cr1mson to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2019 11:33 pm

Digital Man wrote to cr1mson <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: cr1mson to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2019 08:12 pm

Digital Man wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

Hi all,

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards.
I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router).
Any ideas?

Your system is currently listed in the official list (ftp.synchro.net/sbbsimsg.lst):
vintagebbsing.com
99.74.239.111 Stepping Stone BBS

Now, your BBS won't "appear" in the inter-bbs IM list on other systems unless there is someone actually using your BBS (online) at that moment.

That's just the thing though, I connect on Vert and on my own BBS at the same time; while I'm on mine I can see my name listed on Vert, yet at the same time I don't see my name/bbs while I'm on Vert (being logged in on mine also).

Maybe you're in quiet mode on your BBS? You can use a finger client or a netcat/nc connection to your finger or active-user/systat service on your BBS to who's online/active:

$ nc -u vintagebbsing.com 11

User Action Time-on Age Sex Node ------------------------- ------------------------------- -------- --- --- ----

I get the same result when I use finger vintagebbsing.com even with me logged in.
That's an idea for quiet mode with my BBS. I'm not sure if I am in quiet mode or
not. How might I turn off quiet mode or get out of that mode so it shows me active when I use finger vintagebbsing.com?

If you have the 'Q' exemption (and you probably do), then you'll have this option on the Defaults menu:

[D] Default to Quiet Mode : Off

Make sure it is set to "Off" (unless you *want* to be logged in in quiet mode).

Perhaps because I am using my SysOp account? A shot in the dark would be that

have a flag set that puts me in this mode automatically. I'll try logging in
s
a regular user and see if that makes a difference.

Yup.

digital man

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From: cr1mson@STEPPING.remove-jmo-this

To: Digital Man

Digital Man wrote to cr1mson <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: cr1mson to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2019 11:33 pm

Digital Man wrote to cr1mson <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: cr1mson to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2019 08:12 pm

Digital Man wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

Re: SBBS Instant Messaging
By: Jon Justvig to All on Thu May 30 2019 07:13 pm

Hi all,

I'm curious to know why my BBS (Stepping Stone BBS) isn't appearing on the SBBS Instant Messaging List of BBSes when I log in on other boards.
I see other boards just fine on my own system. Port 25 is open and that port as well as the other ports are forwarded in my gateway (router).
Any ideas?

Your system is currently listed in the official list (ftp.synchro.net/sbbsimsg.lst):
vintagebbsing.com
99.74.239.111 Stepping Stone BBS

Now, your BBS won't "appear" in the inter-bbs IM list on other systems unless there is someone actually using your BBS (online) at that moment.

That's just the thing though, I connect on Vert and on my own BBS at the same time; while I'm on mine I can see my name listed on Vert, yet at the same time I don't see my name/bbs while I'm on Vert (being logged in on mine also).

Maybe you're in quiet mode on your BBS? You can use a finger client or a netcat/nc connection to your finger or active-user/systat service on your BBS to who's online/active:

$ nc -u vintagebbsing.com 11

User Action Time-on Age Sex Node ------------------------- ------------------------------- -------- --- --- ----

I get the same result when I use finger vintagebbsing.com even with me logged in.
That's an idea for quiet mode with my BBS. I'm not sure if I am in quiet mode or
not. How might I turn off quiet mode or get out of that mode so it shows me active when I use finger vintagebbsing.com?

If you have the 'Q' exemption (and you probably do), then you'll have
this option on the Defaults menu:

[D] Default to Quiet Mode : Off

Make sure it is set to "Off" (unless you *want* to be logged in in
quiet mode).

Okay, I set the Default to Quiet Mode to Off and checked SBBSIMSG on Vert and I didn't see my user. Maybe I needed to relog? However, when I went to take off the Q exemption in my user settings and relogged I showed up just fine. Thanks DM!

Perhaps because I am using my SysOp account? A shot in the dark would be that

have a flag set that puts me in this mode automatically. I'll try logging in
s
a regular user and see if that makes a difference.

Yup.

Sweet! I don't remember seeing Default Quiet Mode so I don't know when that
as
implemented until you brought it to my attention. Definately a nice feature if you don't want to be seen! :D

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Jon Justvig
Raiders Inc BBS
WHQ Whisper-Echo-Net & Legion RPG
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