Letters to the Editor

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Warren Bonner wrote:

Hello Jim, Joe suggested that you have a software list for Fido readers who may want to become more active with their own BBS.

I think it would be very valuable for you to make such software list available in a Section named "Fido Software List" by Jim Barchuck, along with instructions for novices on what it is, what it does, and how to install and test to get a BBS up and running... What do you think?

Ol'wdb

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From: "jim barchuk" <jb@fidonews.org>
To: "Warren Bonner" <WDBonner@pacbell.net>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:24 PM Subject:
Re: Fido Softeare list

Hello Warren!

> Hibackatcha ol'pal,

As far as 'tutorial', I am not the right person to write that. I only ever used one mailer, one bbs, and pretty much one of everything else. So that's all I know about, and even that is years out of familiarity.

For software that I have web links to I assume that the site has some sort of support.

> Any software by name and version with a brief description of its abilities that may be used to develop more BBSes was my original con cern from emails asking me questions I don't know how to answer as Imail, RA and Elebbs & Binkd is all I have.

If anyone suggests another 'useful site' about software, insallation, running, I can certainly add that link somewhere.

> Hey, good deal...

Regarding 'list', I don't quite understand what you mean.

> I was thinking along the lines pf a master list of all that is availible with a description to include in the Snooze for many looking for such.

If you mean a mailing list, that might be a good idea. There was a onelist list that faded out of use. But if this is a software-support-specific list it might attract attention.

> Shareware or commercial, just to get the information out to would be newbbies and others that would be inspired to upgrade.

If there are other fido related mailing lists out there I'd link to them.

> Perhaps this letter entered into the next issue will draw some links for you! <G>

If you mean a kind of 'list of other interesting sites', there are already plenty of lists like that already out there. But a cool idea might be a user-submitted links list, CGI driven. Take me a while to work that out but I'll think about it. It's a good database project and I need practice with that.

> Now that's a winning ticket! Lets run this up the flag pole and see if anyone salutes.

Have a :) day!

jb

> You too Jim, you give a lot to Fido being the Webmaster, and html mailer. Don't know if anyone pauses to say Thank you, Jim, but I do!

> ol'wdb