BBSmates Newsletter Topics for Wednesday, September 18, 2002
 - Added Features
 - Added Database Fields
 - Coming Soon
 - One Last Note

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 Added Features
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Telnet BBS List
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I have created a special list of the BBSes on BBSmates that are 
known to be running and with telnet capabilities.  If you wanna try 
out BBSing in the 21st century, take a look at this list!


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 Added Database Fields
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BBSes - Telnetable checkbox.  If you have a BBS which has telnet 
capabilities, please check out your BBS and make sure this is 
checked.  I was able to update most of them automatically, but
please check back to ensure yours was updated.  If you check the
"Still Active" and "Telnetable" boxes, your BBS will show up in the
Telnet BBS List.

Users - City, State, Country and Gender.  Please log into BBSmates,
and click the Edit Profile link (on the right).  Then, fill out 
these new fields.  I should have had them in there from the 
beginning, as they may help people trying to locate you. 


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 Coming Soon
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The next thing I'll work on is a site-wide search.  You'll be able 
to search all forums (general and BBS specific), BBS Descriptions, 
and Notes (when you joined a specific BBS).  The results will be
shown categorically.


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 One Last Note
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I have recently switched BBSmates over to a new server.  Paying
$65/month for hosting was just no longer in my budget. (I have
another son on the way!)  So, the server is my now in my basement,
being hosted on my DSL line.  The sad thing is, I have not noticed 
any change in performance!  It's running on a Celeron 766 machine 
with a 144k DSL line (compared to the quad processor dell monster 
server on redundant OC3 lines that it was on).. I should have made 
the switch a long time ago!  Anyways, if you notice any glitches on
the new server, please let me know.


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Aron Hoekstra
BBSmates - dialing up the past
http://www.bbsmates.com
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