----.     ____   __  __ _ _              ____  ____   _____
     /    |    / __ \ / _|/ _| (_)            |  _ \|  _ \ / ____|
     |    +-- | |  | | |_| |_| |_ _ __   ___  | |_) | |_) | (___
 ====|    |   | |  | |  _|  _| | | '_ \ / _ \ |  _ <|  _ < \___ \
     |    +-- | |__| | | | | | | | | | |  __/ | |_) | |_) |____) |
     \    |    \____/|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|\___| |____/|____/|_____/
      ----.

-[ Overview ]-

The Lambda Lab now hosts an experiemental "offline" computer bulletin
board system (BBS) - essentially a message board with which you
interact with using the sneakernet-friendly NNCP utility.

-[ Participating ]-

If you'd like to give this a try, you'll need a computer with NNCP
(http://www.nncpgo.org) installed on it, together with a
QWK-compatible offline mail reader such as MultiMail
(https://wmcbrine.com/MultiMail/).

If you've never used NNCP before, it might be a good idea to
read through Alex Schroeder's getting started post, here:

gopher://alexschroeder.ch/02024-07-16-minimal-nncp-setup

Once you're ready, add the following to the neigh section of
your nncp.hjson configuration:

    offline: {
      id: JHSH4QSFG35D5SFLDOADQBPMISOLT5VVLHYOUCY34ENGSCZCJK7Q
      exchpub: BE5P3A6NCDVXGLI7WWXQZIQ5JCZKVRM6QJB2ACZN6NKZFYY4BAEQ
      signpub: 5FF5RZ3JMDN4LYEM2FV7PQLAOROOYCL6QSHEI44Z6S3R5ENCOU7A
      noisepub: 5O35GZZUJ6SDORVQ63M5A3OVQIU6JINMC25RPODJ5QHLW5QOABMA
      addrs: {
             internet: "thelambdalab.xyz:5400"
      }
      incoming: "/path/to/incoming"
    }

with "/path/to/incoming" set to the path of a directory writable by
the nncp processes. (This is necessary so that you can receive
QWK packets from the BBS.)

To be able to request mail packets, you'll then need to email me
(plugd@thelambdalab.xyz) with your (public!)  NNCP keys for me to
place in the BBS node's neihbours configuration.

You should now be able to freq the README containing instructions on
how to request mail packets and submit replies:

$ nncp-freq offline:README
$ nncp-call -autotoss offline

(The readme should appear in whatever you've set /path/to/incoming to.)

Let me know how you get on!

-[ Technical details ]-

OfflineBBS is powered by the following piece of very messy Lua:
gopher://thelambdalab.xyz/1/projects/qwikboard/