Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Hax0r to MRO on Sun Apr 26 2026 12:25 pm

Speaking of cruft, I still have a bunch of modem configuration files in my CTRL folder (*.MDM). Does synchronet still support modems? Can I remove these files?

No, you can remove them.
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Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Digital Man to Hax0r on Sun Apr 26 2026 01:06 pm

Speaking of cruft, I still have a bunch of modem configuration files in my
CTRL folder (*.MDM). Does synchronet still support modems? Can I remove
these files?

No, you can remove them.

What's the best practical advice for claning up old installation cruft? Is it doing a fresh install and comparing files/folders? Any other recommendations for things I can clean up?

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Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Hax0r to Digital Man on Sun Apr 26 2026 10:06 pm

Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Digital Man to Hax0r on Sun Apr 26 2026 01:06 pm

Speaking of cruft, I still have a bunch of modem configuration files in my
CTRL folder (*.MDM). Does synchronet still support modems? Can I remove
these files?

No, you can remove them.

What's the best practical advice for claning up old installation cruft? Is it doing a fresh install and comparing files/folders? Any other recommendations for things I can clean up?

Old files are harmless (unless they're really large, e.g. log files). There's the exec/cleanup.js script (you can run with jsexec) and it'll delete many old/unused files, but not all of them.
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Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Digital Man to Hax0r on Sun Apr 26 2026 07:28 pm

Old files are harmless (unless they're really large, e.g. log files). There's the exec/cleanup.js script (you can run with jsexec) and it'll delete many old/unused files, but not all of them.

thanks for the tip. I am ot concerned about space, more my sanity when I am looking at the folders/files. some of those old files are just noise and can mask or lead me down a rabbit hole that does not exist.

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Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Hax0r to Digital Man on Sun Apr 26 2026 11:07 pm

Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Digital Man to Hax0r on Sun Apr 26 2026 07:28 pm

Old files are harmless (unless they're really large, e.g. log files). There's the exec/cleanup.js script (you can run with jsexec) and it'll delete many old/unused files, but not all of them.

thanks for the tip. I am ot concerned about space, more my sanity when I am looking at the folders/files. some of those old files are just noise and can mask or lead me down a rabbit hole that does not exist.

Hopefully the wiki is helpful in that regard.
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Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Digital Man to Hax0r on Sun Apr 26 2026 07:28 pm

Old files are harmless (unless they're really large, e.g. log files). There's the exec/cleanup.js script (you can run with jsexec) and
it'll delete many old/unused files, but not all of them.

yeah we know they're harmless but if you have been running a bbs since the early 2000's you have tons of old junk left over.


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Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sun Apr 26 2026 11:57 pm

yeah we know they're harmless but if you have been running a bbs since the early 2000's you have tons of old junk left over.

That script actually cleaned up some stuff I probably would not have touched. I get it, its an old. Somestimes there is a pleaseant surprise when you find an old file sitting around :)

I appreciate the help, the tips and recommendations and realize my sychronet folder is a living thing. I'm cool with that.

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Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: Hax0r to MRO on Mon Apr 27 2026 10:48 pm

Re: Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sun Apr 26 2026 11:57 pm

yeah we know they're harmless but if you have been running a bbs
since the early 2000's you have tons of old junk left over.

That script actually cleaned up some stuff I probably would not have touched. I get it, its an old. Somestimes there is a pleaseant
surprise when you find an old file sitting around :)

I appreciate the help, the tips and recommendations and realize
my sychronet folder is a living thing. I'm cool with that.

you should probably clean out what you can. you will have some weird stuff happening possibly.

most of the current sysops just dont have many customizations so it doesnt make a difference if everything gets replaced. if you run a bbs for decades you can have an issue here or there upgrading.

the new ini format is decent for the xtrn section.


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