On 2017 Jun 12 22:30:00, you wrote to All:

 RW> I was wondering if anyone here has had any luck compiling EleBBS
 RW> source code using VP21 under OS/2?

i have not, no... if i were to attempt to build elebbs today, it would be with
freepascal... it really is the only game in town these days...

 RW> I would like to build the telnet server that comes with it so that it
 RW> does not crash at random,

that indicates a bug... just recompiling it won't fix that...

 RW> and maybe make a few other updated features and modifications to the
 RW> source code.

to the telnet server? what other features does it need?

 RW> As it stands right now, I am running EleBBS/OS2 using SGmail/2 4.00 as
 RW> a front end mailer to pass off any inbound telnet sessions to the BBS
 RW> itself, which so far seems to be working quite well, but using the
 RW> included TELSRV.EXE makes respose time much much faster.

yeah, running a naked BBS is a little faster than having to run a mailer in
front of a BBS but that's a GoodThing<tm> in some cases... it is expressly that
 that allowed me to notice the MIRAI botnet infestation attempts and be the
first to develop intrusion detection rules for them... if i had been running a
naked BBS, i'd have been being frustrated by them like so many other operators
are who cannot see what's actually going on...

 RW> Also looks find a decent OS/2 native text editor to use and an
 RW> external text editor for EleBBS if such a beast exists anymore.

wow... i have no idea... maybe one of the ones used by other native OS/2 BBSes?
 i just don't have any clue what they would be as RA never was updated and
ported to other OSes 

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Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
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