1. Forum
  2. FidoNet
  3. MYSTIC

  • Mystic as NNTP bridge

    From Christian Sacks@2:250/5 to g00r00 on Wed Jul 6 09:07:31 2022
    Hey g00r00,

    This might be a silly question but I can't figure out if it's possible or how to do it any other way, I would like to know if Mystic can be an NNTP bridge.

    For example, I have a newsgroup account on news server X, I would like to add the news server to Mystic so that all the news group message bases show up inside Mystic and that will let me and anyone else logged into my BBS the ability to read and post to said news group.

    Is this possible?
    Cheers in advance.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/13 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE, rAmsgAtE, uK. bbs.erb.pw (2:250/5)
  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Christian Sacks on Thu Jul 7 09:57:55 2022
    For example, I have a newsgroup account on news server X, I would like
    to add the news server to Mystic so that all the news group message
    bases show up inside Mystic and that will let me and anyone else logged into my BBS the ability to read and post to said news group.

    It isn't as simple as pointing to the news server and all of it is shown to the user, but you can pick and choose some newsgroups and import them into Mystic via PKT files.

    I'd be willing to work on improving this though to make it a bit more like what you're describing here.

    ... My reality check just bounced

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/06/10 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Sector 7 * Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)
  • From Christian Sacks@2:250/5 to g00r00 on Thu Jul 7 15:45:57 2022
    On 07 Jul 2022, g00r00 said the following...

    It isn't as simple as pointing to the news server and all of it is shown to the user, but you can pick and choose some newsgroups and import them into Mystic via PKT files.

    I'd be willing to work on improving this though to make it a bit more
    like what you're describing here.

    Sweet thanks, I didn't expect it to be that simple honestly, but the fact it can be done is a great start. I would very much appreciate any pointers you can give in this area. I'd love to have the ability to have some news groups being accessed both to receive from and send to from the BBS.

    Thanks mate, really appreciate it.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/13 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE, rAmsgAtE, uK. bbs.erb.pw (2:250/5)