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  • SBBSecho to use user base for point nodes

    From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Sat Dec 9 16:59:51 2023
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/677

    The idea is that BBS users could be given a flag (configured in sbbsecho.ini) which would enable their BBS account to be used as an FTN "point node", their user number being their point (e.g. zone:net/node.usernumber for their FTN node address). Then their SBBSecho node configuration (normally stored in sbbsecho.ini) would instead be stored in data/user/<usernumber>.ini or other file that is automatically deleted when the user is deleted.

    The only really sticky bit is any stale files (bundles/packets) created for the node in their outbound directory, which could be waiting for pick-up when their account is deleted. And then a new user could then possibly get those files. Or more likely, the files just sit around forever, never transfer or deleted.

    Also, could echocfg see/manage these linked point nodes?
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Fernando Toledo@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Dec 11 10:45:53 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/677#note_4540

    some ideas...

    I think it might help that when deleting the user account you could ask or have an option if it also automatically deletes the packets that are in the output queue for sbbsecho
    (I think the same thing should happen when a link is removed in sbbsecho)

    In the list of sbbsecho links, perhaps it would be good not to mix the current ones or those added by hand with the "automatic" ones created from the "user point"

    Another idea is to have the list of linked nodes when it is large... perhaps it is advisable to group them by network number as the first screen
    then when you select that network... there you will find all the nodes of it --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)