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    From Spitfire@80:774/69 to All on Mon Dec 16 11:09:03 2019
    HOW TO USE MYSTIC AS AN AUTO IP BLOCKER FRONT END FOR C-NET
    by k1ds3ns4t10n of -X-caliber bbs.aholix.net:6800
    last updated: December 11, 2019

    10. Start Mystic Internet Server

    c:\mystic\scripts> cd ..
    c:\mystic> mis SERVER

    I did not want to post the whole text file, but here is the question that I have. Is there a .bat file that can be used to auto-start the server if
    the PC re-booted? Something that can be added to Window's start folder?

    I think I could make my own .bat file, but wanted to ask first.

    / JoinLink - AmigaNet - ArakNet - C=Net - FidoNet - RetroNet.
    / Multi-Terminal Support: ANSI Ascii & Skypix! 40/80 Columns.
    ** C-Net/5

    * Origin: Reign of Fire: rofbbs.cnetbbs.net:2300 * (931)494-9100 (80:774/69)
  • From Geri Atricks@80:256/0 to Spitfire on Mon Dec 16 20:06:56 2019
    Here's mine that runs when the computer restarts:

    Cd \mystic\semaphore
    del *.bsy
    cd \mystic
    mis server
    ---

    -Dallas Vinson (AKA: Geri Atricks, Lupine Furmen)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Legends of Yesteryear (80:256/0)
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Spitfire on Mon Dec 16 21:09:56 2019
    On 16 Dec 2019, Spitfire said the following...


    10. Start Mystic Internet Server

    c:\mystic\scripts> cd ..
    c:\mystic> mis SERVER


    Sure, just type a file with the startup functions as he has in the instructions. What is above. Then save it as a .bat file and call it from
    Task Schedular.. I don't have my Mystic board setup that way I prefer to just double click an icon to boot my Mystic, because 1 word of caution. If you do not shut down the Mystic Server properly it will not reboot unless you kill a few semaphore files..

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Geri Atricks on Tue Dec 17 19:46:19 2019
    On 16 Dec 2019, Geri Atricks said the following...

    Here's mine that runs when the computer restarts:

    Cd \mystic\semaphore
    del *.bsy
    cd \mystic
    mis server
    ---

    Simple as pie, my crash recovery script is pretty much the same thing except
    it adds a fidopoll killbusy before running the server..

    SF, take the above script, save it as a .bat file put it in a directory where you want to store bat files (I use bat files) then in Task Schedular choose create basic task set the name to what you want (ex. Mystic Boot) click next then choose when the computer starts, next, start a program, next, then
    browse for your bat file and then finish the add.. On Windows 10 there is no startup folder, I am not sure anymore if there is one on Windows 7 though. I set up all my boot .bat files that way, in fact I just added in this .bat
    file to boot my Mystic BBS automatically since I am sick of when Windows
    resets by itself that I lose the BBS until I check on it..

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Geri Atricks@80:256/0 to Bucko on Wed Dec 18 00:43:29 2019
    add.. On Windows 10 there is no startup folder, I am not sure anymore if

    Umm, Yes there is Bucko, it's located here:

    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
    ---

    -Dallas Vinson (AKA: Geri Atricks, Lupine Furmen)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Legends of Yesteryear (80:256/0)
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Geri Atricks on Wed Dec 18 19:22:57 2019
    On 18 Dec 2019, Geri Atricks said the following...


    Umm, Yes there is Bucko, it's located here:

    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
    ---

    I missed it then, I don't use the startup folder on Windows, I prefer to use like I said Task Scheduler..

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Crackerjak@80:774/82 to Geri Atricks on Fri Dec 20 03:06:43 2019
    On Mon 16-Dec-2019 8:06p, \c9Geri Atricks@80:256/0.0\c7 said to \ccSpitfire\c7:
    Here's mine that runs when the computer restarts:

    Cd \mystic\semaphore
    del *.bsy
    cd \mystic
    mis server
    ---

    I added the first two lines to my batch file. Half the time the server won't start after a reboot. This will fix it! Thanks for sharing!


    Crackerjak - SysOp of the Second Coming BBS - scbbs.ddns.net:6400 - 120+ games
    RetroNet: 80:774/82 FidoNet: 1:22/30 CommodoreNet 64:500/12
    --- CNet/5
    * Origin: Second Coming :: scbbs.ddns.net:6400 (80:774/82)
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Crackerjak on Fri Dec 20 21:10:56 2019
    On 20 Dec 2019, Crackerjak said the following...

    On Mon 16-Dec-2019 8:06p, \c9Geri Atricks@80:256/0.0\c7 said to \ccSpitfire\c7:
    Here's mine that runs when the computer restarts:

    Cd \mystic\semaphore
    del *.bsy
    cd \mystic
    mis server
    ---

    I added the first two lines to my batch file. Half the time the server won't start after a reboot. This will fix it! Thanks for sharing!


    Crackerjak - SysOp of the Second Coming BBS - scbbs.ddns.net:6400 - 120+ games RetroNet: 80:774/82 FidoNet: 1:22/30 CommodoreNet 64:500/12 --- CNet/5
    * Origin: Second Coming :: scbbs.ddns.net:6400 (80:774/82)

    Is it ground hog day?!?!?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Crackerjak on Sat Dec 21 09:00:09 2019
    I know CNet is capturing them but is anyone else getting dupes of this message??

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Spitfire@80:774/69 to Bucko on Sat Dec 21 08:22:44 2019
    This topic on my BBS has 6 responces, this one I am making is #7. No dupes for me.

    / JoinLink - AmigaNet - ArakNet - C=Net - FidoNet - RetroNet.
    / Multi-Terminal Support: ANSI Ascii & Skypix! 40/80 Columns.
    ** C-Net/5

    * Origin: Reign of Fire: rofbbs.cnetbbs.net:2300 * (931)494-9100 (80:774/69)
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Spitfire on Sat Dec 21 10:52:03 2019
    On 21 Dec 2019, Spitfire said the following...

    This topic on my BBS has 6 responces, this one I am making is
    #7. No dupes for me.

    CNet is catching the dupes. For some reason Mystic is not.. At least on my sytsem I am getting dupes of this post.. My CNet board is showing a dupe
    every transfer..

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Bucko@80:774/0 to Spitfire on Sat Dec 21 10:54:26 2019
    On 21 Dec 2019, Spitfire said the following...

    This topic on my BBS has 6 responces, this one I am making is
    #7. No dupes for me.

    It's not just me.. Thought it had something to do with my board.. Necromicon has the same dupes...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Necronomicon BBS - necrobbs.strangled.net (80:774/0)
  • From Dan Richter@80:505/0 to Bucko on Sat Dec 21 11:33:58 2019
    On 21 Dec 2019, Bucko said the following...

    CNet is catching the dupes. For some reason Mystic is not.. At least on
    my sytsem I am getting dupes of this post.. My CNet board is showing a dupe every transfer..

    HPT is catching dupes here as well...


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    Castle Rock BBS

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com - (80:505/0)
  • From Spitfire@80:774/1 to Dan Richter on Sat Dec 21 23:41:04 2019
    Looks like C-Net is doing its job, and the rest are slacking!

    / JoinLink - AmigaNet - ArakNet - C=Net - FidoNet - RetroNet.
    / Multi-Terminal Support: ANSI Ascii & Skypix! 40/80 Columns.
    .. C-Net/5
    : Origin: Reign of Fire: rofbbs.cnetbbs.net:2300 * (931)494-9100 (80:774/69) SEEN-BY: 21/0 210/0 2 256/0 49/0 505/0 519/0 603/0 61/0 703/0 773/63 774/0 1 11 SEEN-BY: 12 13 16 17 2 20 22 23 26 27 28 29 3 35 37 38 4 40 42 44 46 47 48 49 SEEN-BY: 50 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 6 61 65 66 67 69 7 70 72 73 75 76 77 78 79 8 SEEN-BY: 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 95 96 97 818/0 1 860/0
  • From Black Panther@80:505/0 to Spitfire on Sun Dec 22 12:45:10 2019
    On 21 Dec 2019, Spitfire said the following...

    Looks like C-Net is doing its job, and the rest are slacking!

    I'm not sure what's happening, but I'm getting a bunch of dupes of the
    message:

    MSGID: 80:774/82@retronet 5dfc8f27
    PID: CNet PRO 5.21b
    PATH: 774/82 1


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    Castle Rock BBS

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com - (80:505/0)
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Crackerjak on Wed Dec 25 08:39:23 2019
    I think we might have a winner CJ.. I got the message from you on FB of the files you found stuck in your inbound folder, and my last message here is
    timed 3:06am and none since.. You might have gotten it.. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Spitfire@80:774/1 to Bucko on Wed Dec 25 08:21:48 2019
    Can this front end forward to 2 different ports? Like 2300 and 6400?

    / JoinLink - AmigaNet - ArakNet - C=Net - FidoNet - RetroNet.
    / Multi-Terminal Support: ANSI Ascii & Skypix! 40/80 Columns.
    .. C-Net/5
    : Origin: Reign of Fire: rofbbs.cnetbbs.net:2300 * (931)494-9100 (80:774/69) SEEN-BY: 21/0 210/0 2 256/0 49/0 505/0 519/0 603/0 61/0 703/0 773/63 774/0 1 11 SEEN-BY: 12 13 16 17 2 20 22 23 26 27 28 29 3 35 37 38 4 40 42 44 46 47 48 49 SEEN-BY: 50 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 6 61 65 66 67 69 7 70 72 73 75 76 77 78 79 8 SEEN-BY: 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 95 96 97 818/0 1 860/0
  • From Bucko@80:774/70.2 to Spitfire on Wed Dec 25 22:48:26 2019
    On Wed 25-Dec-2019 8:21a, Spitfire@80:774/70.0 said to Bucko:
    Can this front end forward to 2 different ports? Like 2300 and 6400?

    No, but if you wanted to you can run 2 seperate front ends with different ports, I currently have (not open to the public yet) 5 Mystic front ends running, one for my BBS which is Mystic, a File Server, BBS list server, Login Menu Server, and a Door Server. Each one has a different port number. If you are going to hook it up to your C64 board you have to be careful to make sure you can use CG mode. Not sure how the script works as I am not running it..
    --- CNet/5
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ]I[ (80:774/70.2)
  • From Spitfire@80:774/1 to Bucko on Thu Dec 26 11:12:41 2019
    On Wed 25-Dec-2019 10:48p, Bucko@80:774/70.2 said to Spitfire:
    No, but if you wanted to you can run 2 seperate front ends with different ports, I currently have (not open to the public yet) 5 Mystic front ends running, one for my BBS which is Mystic, a File Server, BBS list server, Login
    Menu Server, and a Door Server. Each one has a different port number. If
    you
    are going to hook it up to your C64 board you have to be careful to make sure
    you can use CG mode. Not sure how the script works as I am not running
    it..
    B
    I may look into this. I do have a dedicated tower for the C64 BBS, but
    fore now, I have it on my main system to keep an eye on it. Once I know its good, I will move it over to its own system.

    / JoinLink - AmigaNet - ArakNet - C=Net - FidoNet - RetroNet.
    / Multi-Terminal Support: ANSI Ascii & Skypix! 40/80 Columns.
    .. C-Net/5
    : Origin: Reign of Fire: rofbbs.cnetbbs.net:2300 * (931)494-9100 (80:774/69) SEEN-BY: 21/0 210/0 2 256/0 49/0 505/0 519/0 603/0 61/0 703/0 773/63 774/0 1 11 SEEN-BY: 12 13 16 17 2 20 22 23 26 27 28 29 3 35 37 38 4 40 42 44 46 47 48 49 SEEN-BY: 50 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 6 61 65 66 67 69 7 70 72 73 75 76 77 78 79 8 SEEN-BY: 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 95 96 97 818/0 1 860/0
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Spitfire on Thu Dec 26 16:03:42 2019
    On 26 Dec 2019, Spitfire said the following...

    B
    I may look into this. I do have a dedicated tower for the C64 BBS, but fore now, I have it on my main system to keep an eye on it.
    Once I know its good, I will move it over to its own system.


    It's worth looking into, you can run any amount of front ends on 1 machine, just have to store them in different base directories... Once CNet Amiga has RLOGIN access I will open up my file server, and BBS list server to anyone
    who wants to tie into it.. It would make for a really nice shared BBS
    listing, sorted by computer, then software.. We'll see how it goes..

    BTW, it looks like the dupes have stopped now...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)
  • From Spitfire@80:774/1 to Bucko on Sat Dec 28 22:50:45 2019
    So the Mystic front end works for the C64 BBS, bit it pops up asking if
    your using ANSI or ASCII. Is there away to turn that off and it uses ASCII until you get to the HIT DELETE prompt?

    -Spitfire Inc presents 2 Unique Systems...

    Reign of Fire II BBS
    C-Net DS-2 v2.5 - rof.cnet64.com:6400
    Reign of Fire BBS
    C-Net Amiga Pro v5.21c - rofbbs.cnetbbs.net:2300 - 931-494-9100
    .. C-Net/5
    : Origin: Reign of Fire C-Net Amiga Pro BBS v5.21c (80:774/69)
    SEEN-BY: 21/0 210/0 2 256/0 49/0 505/0 519/0 603/0 61/0 703/0 773/63 774/0 1 11 SEEN-BY: 12 13 16 17 2 20 22 23 26 27 28 29 3 35 37 38 4 40 42 44 46 47 48 49 SEEN-BY: 50 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 6 61 65 66 67 69 7 70 72 73 75 76 77 78 79 8 SEEN-BY: 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 95 96 97 818/0 1 860/0
  • From Bucko@80:774/70 to Spitfire on Sun Dec 29 07:51:37 2019
    On 28 Dec 2019, Spitfire said the following...

    So the Mystic front end works for the C64 BBS, bit it pops up asking if your using ANSI or ASCII. Is there away to turn that off and
    it uses ASCII until you get to the HIT DELETE prompt?


    Hmmm Not sure. You can run from a DOS prompt mis -cfg from the Mystic directory, choose login/matrix settings, then on the option for emulation change it to detect. The reason for the questions is Mystic doesn't support
    CG at least not yet, and if I am correct factory settings (jeez) are set to detect/ask.. Hopefully, that will help.. I'm not using the front end as once
    I blocked that ip address all of my issues stopped..

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (80:774/70)