Hey Gods69!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

At first i liked to use Synchronet software but the installation don't
work very well and i ended using Mystic.

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Now, my Mystic is tweated a lot, many hrs lost on that.
Difficult to me to restart again from 0.

I see some Mystic BBS on Pi.But, or they don't use echomail messages, or they use a old dated msgs Base. Is difficult to see if the MIS Polling
is working for they on PI.

You could always try to contact them personally and ask them.

But, i'm happy, i found a way to get this working for me! :-)

Yes. Great news that you got it to work. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots
of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

... Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

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Re: Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: Gods69 to Accession on Fri Nov 28 2025 07:04 am

Howdy,

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...


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FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two software.

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Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:04:56 +0100, you wrote:

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open
lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked
that...

Disabling any/all of the services you don't want open to the public would have fixed that up real quick. By default, I think most of them are enabled. The wiki explains all of this and more.

Either way, you've got a running system now so you don't need to worry about any of this.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:18:00 +0100, you wrote:

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two
software.

No offense, and maybe it's a language barrier, but when you come to a public forum about said software and say that two separate softwares "don't work", even though there's hundreds of working systems around the world using these two softwares, it makes people think that the problem isn't the software.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Gods69!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

At first i liked to use Synchronet software but the installation don't
work very well and i ended using Mystic.

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Now, my Mystic is tweated a lot, many hrs lost on that.
Difficult to me to restart again from 0.

I see some Mystic BBS on Pi.But, or they don't use echomail messages, or they use a old dated msgs Base. Is difficult to see if the MIS Polling
is working for they on PI.

You could always try to contact them personally and ask them.

But, i'm happy, i found a way to get this working for me! :-)

Yes. Great news that you got it to work. ;)

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.

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Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots
of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

... Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:04:56 +0100, you wrote:

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open
lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked
that...

Disabling any/all of the services you don't want open to the public would have fixed that up real quick. By default, I think most of them are enabled. The wiki explains all of this and more.

Either way, you've got a running system now so you don't need to worry about any of this.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.

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Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:18:00 +0100, you wrote:

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two
software.

No offense, and maybe it's a language barrier, but when you come to a public forum about said software and say that two separate softwares "don't work", even though there's hundreds of working systems around the world using these two softwares, it makes people think that the problem isn't the software.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two software.

... Democracy: 3 wolves & a sheep voting on what's for lunch.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Re: Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: Gods69 to Accession on Fri Nov 28 2025 07:04 am

Howdy,

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...


...ëîåï

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Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: Accession to Gods69 on Fri Nov 28 2025 08:28 am

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two software.

No offense, and maybe it's a language barrier, but when you come to a public forum about said software and say that two separate softwares "don't work", even though there's hundreds of working systems around the world using these two softwares, it makes people think that the problem isn't the software.

Yeah, in such cases it's usually good to try to figure out what's wrong in the setup, ask for help if needed, and try to fix things..

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Yeah, in such cases it's usually good to try to figure out what's wrong
in the setup, ask for help if needed, and try to fix things..

I backup my Syncronet files. Maybe i can look again the software.

Mystic do strange things on Pi. Now is on Event config. I do some modifications to one event and after some time, this event resets alone to
the old values.

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Mystic do strange things on Pi. Now is on Event config. I do some modifications to one event and after some time, this event resets alone
to the old values.

Same problem here. Also sometimes ignores stacked commands. Turning on the ./ prefix doesn't work. I just put it in the command line. Also the node setup ignores whats in the echomail in and out folder setting and uses the default.

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Same problem here. Also sometimes ignores stacked commands. Turning on
the ./ prefix doesn't work. I just put it in the command line. Also
the node setup ignores whats in the echomail in and out folder setting
and uses the default.

I've today edited the "event.dat" file in data DIR with an HEX editor and delete all old caracters from the older command. Lets see if this work.

A bug that a have but now it seen to be OK, is on "message Base Editor"
on echomail Bases the option "Export To" lost this setting and
goes to "0 node". I've to verify (various times) all echomail Bases to see
is this setting is good to "1 node".

... Arble barble gleep!

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Hey Gods69!

On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:20:58 +0100, you wrote:

Mystic do strange things on Pi. Now is on Event config. I do some modifications to one event and after some time, this event resets alone
to the old values.

I believe that usually happens if you don't restart the MIS server after you exit the configuration.

The problem is, Mystic/MIS doesn't tell you when this needs to be done (it probably should), and doesn't /always/ require it. So, the "recommendation" has always been that whenever you make changes in Mystic's configuration, you should restart MIS afterwards.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey CrackerTron!

On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:52:00 -0500, you wrote:

Same problem here. Also sometimes ignores stacked commands. Turning on
the ./ prefix doesn't work. I just put it in the command line. Also

Using "./" assumes that the execution is done in Mystic's root directory, or the executable is available in your PATH. You're better off just pointing directly to what you're trying to execute, always.

the node setup ignores whats in the echomail in and out folder setting
and uses the default.

When making configuration changes, make sure to restart MIS afterwards, or your changes will not always take effect.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Gods69!

On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:39:14 +0100, you wrote:

A bug that a have but now it seen to be OK, is on "message Base Editor"
on echomail Bases the option "Export To"

lost this setting

Most likely because MIS wasn't restarted when these were changed/added.

Regards,
Nick

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Mystic do strange things on Pi. Now is on Event config. I do some

modifications to one event and af

ter some time, this event resets alone to
the old values.

Make sure the BBS is down when you make changes like this. I know, it's annoying lol.

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Make sure the BBS is down when you make changes like this. I know, it's annoying lol.

I know now. Thanks :-)

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The problem is, Mystic/MIS doesn't tell you when this needs to be done
(it probably should), and doesn't /always/ require it. So, the "recommendation" has always been that whenever you make changes in Mystic's configuration, you should restart MIS afterwards.

I didn't know that ! Thanks for that info :-)

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A bug that a have but now it seen to be OK, is on "message Base Editor"
on echomail Bases the option "Export To" lost this setting and
goes to "0 node". I've to verify (various times) all echomail Bases to
see is this setting is good to "1 node".

I had the same problem. Thought I just forgot to set it. It was only about 3 bases that changed back to 0 nodes.

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