BBS
for
Unix

Features.

• Supported platforms:
  • Linux intel 486 and better CPU's.
  • Linux Sparc.
  • Linux Alpha (not fully tested).
  • Linux HP-PARISC, tested with Debian 3.0 and Slackware (homebrew).
  • Linux PPC.
  • Linux ARM.
  • FreeBSD, tested with FreeBSD 5.3 and 6.2
  • NetBSD > 3.0 tested on a Sun Sparcstation 2.
  • 32 and 64 bit systems.
• The BBS supports:
  • ANSI menus.
  • Internal UTF-8.
  • Standard filetransfer protocols: Zmodem, Ymodem, Xmodem.
  • Writes door.sys and door32.sys files in several formats.
  • Native Linux doors.
  • DOS doors supported via DosEmu.
  • Telnet support using it's own login program.
  • BlueWave and QWK offline readers.
  • Users have their own home directories with quota support.
  • Users can have their own email address and have private mail boxes.
  • Multilanguage support, currently English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and Galego.
  • A chatserver that can be realtime connected with other compatible bbses.
• FidoNet(r) mailer.
  • Support for FTS-0001, YooHoo/2U2, EMSI, EMSI-II over modem/ISDN and TCP/IP.
  • Zmodem, ZedZap, Telink and Hydra file transfer protocols.
  • Support for binkp/1.1 (IBN), ifcico (IFC) and telnet (ITN) TCP/IP protocols.
  • Support for passive FTP connections.
  • Support for nodes private outbound boxes.
  • Support for T-Mail style file boxes.
  • Can be used together with other Binkley style outbound mailers (but why).
  • Outbound manager to create polls, attach files, request files etc.
  • Automatic selection of the cheapest connection method.
  • Zlib compression for Hydra and Binkp protocols to increase throughput.
  • Binkp GZ and BZ2 compression protocols.
  • Support for the ICM nodelist flag, FSP-1033.
• General.
  • Full FidoNet(r) mail support.
  • Automatic routing for node/hub/host systems, manual routing is available.
  • Internal mail format is JAM (c) messagebase.
  • TIC file support including extended TIC files and long filename support.
  • Netmail <--> email gateway.
  • Echomail <--> news gateway.
  • Can send messages in *.msg format.
  • Support for UUCP newstransport.
  • Nodelist diff processor and compiler.
  • Filefind (Allfix) and newfiles announce utility.
  • Allfiles list utility.
  • Maintenance programs for file- and message areas.
  • Post utility to automatic post messages.
  • HTTP and FTP support for download areas.
  • NNTP support so that registered users can use echomail with a news client.
  • Macro templates to create a personal look for posted messages and html pages.