Subj : Re: Looking for a simple BBS with fidonet connectivity
To   : Michael Mrak
From : James Coyle
Date : Mon Feb 01 2021 05:42 pm

 MM> And because it just has to be, I now want to get a BBS up and running as
 MM> well. Criteria would be connection to Fidonet, as simple and as text
 MM> oriented as possib le (so no ANSI gimmicks) and of course it should run
 MM> on the same Debian system a s Binkley & Co.

There aren't too many options that check every box, and as someone else mentioned Mystic might be the only one?   Synchronet is a fantastic option too, but it uses a proprietary message base so it won't work with Husky, etc.

Mystic does have lots of ANSI bells and whistles, but you can also force it to run in pure ASCII no-color mode with traditional BBS functions that you'd find in the 90s era.  Or you can run in color modes and configure it to look/behave however you want.  Its 100% visually configurable so it'd be up to you to decide how you want it to look.

It uses JAM and Binkley and has its own tosser and mailer but you can also Husky and binkd, or any combination of Mystic's tools and other third party tools that use JAM and Binkley-style mailing.  It also exports GoldEd configurations for you so you don't have to maintain a tedius GoldEd configuration after the initial setup.  Compatibility with Husky and GoldEd have been well tested over the years with many people using them with Mystic.

You can download Mystic at www.mysticbbs.com the latest "cutting edge" versions are specifically found here: http://www.mysticbbs.com/downloads/prealpha/

I would highly recommend Synchronet too if you're willing to pass up on the third party tools.  You can download that at: synchro.net

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