Bad timing for this with the spam bots.. lol :)

Anyway, I develop apps for Android and the web, including social networks. I took one of my old Fediverse projects and am converting it to connect with FTN networks.

So here it is.. in alpha https://social.fidonet.network

It's written in PHP, is setup as a point node off a Mystic BBS, and interfaces with the message base files and fidogate software.

It's currently sandboxed (messages don't get out) because Mystic is being a pain again and won't create outbound packets :(. Logs are no help either.

Anyway, check it out, it's pretty basic, and I don't have a real name for it yet. Oh, and any idea why mutil creates a .flo file but nothing else in my outbound dir? That's literally all that's keeping it sandboxed at this point.

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It's currently sandboxed (messages don't get out) because Mystic is
being a pain again and won't create outbound packets :(. Logs are no
help either.

I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from scratch. I still can't get mutil to export packets. It exports the .flo, but not the *.we? or .th? to go along with it.

I suppose I'll have to run this from my own servers... :(

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MissChief wrote to All <=-

It's currently sandboxed (messages don't get out) because Mystic is
being a pain again and won't create outbound packets :(. Logs are no
help either.

I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from scratch. I still
can't get mutil to export packets. It exports the .flo, but not
the *.we? or .th? to go along with it.

I suppose I'll have to run this from my own servers... :(

You think the VPS is causing the issue, and running it from your own
servers will fix it?



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Gamgee Wrote in message:r

MissChief wrote to All <=- Mi> It's currently sandboxed (messages don't get out) because Mystic is Mi> being a pain again and won't create outbound packets :(. Logs are no Mi> help either. Mi> I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from scratch. I still Mi> can't get mutil to export packets. It exports the .flo, but not Mi> the *.we? or .th? to go along with it. Mi> I suppose I'll have to run this from my own servers... :(You think the VPS is causing the issue, and running it from your own servers will fix it?... All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here.=== MultiMail/Linux v0.52--- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (21:2/138)

Yes exactly. It runs everywhere but a specific set of DO vps
servers. It does work on a lower tier vps, which is a little
strange. Of course it works on my servers which is where I do my
dev, and run the main hub.
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MissChief Wrote in message:r

Gamgee Wrote in message:r> -=> MissChief wrote to All <=- Mi> It's currently sandboxed (messages don't get out) because Mystic is Mi> being a pain again and won't create outbound packets :(. Logs are no Mi> help either. Mi> I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from scratch. I still Mi> can't get mutil to export packets. It exports the .flo, but not Mi> the *.we? or .th? to go along with it. Mi> I suppose I'll have to run this from my own servers... :(You think the VPS is causing the issue, and running it from your own servers will fix it?... All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here.=== MultiMail/Linux v0.52--- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (21:2/138)Yes exactly. It runs everywhere but a specific set of DO vps servers. It does work on a lower tier vps, which is a little strange. Of course it works on my servers which is where I do my dev, and run the main hub.-- ----Android NewsGroup Reader----https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index.html--- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64) * Origin: Kumpute Nation BBS (21:2/125)

Fixed it. Apparently you need zip installed, which isn't something
I do on a vps because I don't do dev work in them.
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I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from scratch. I still can't get mutil
to export packets. It exports the .flo, but not the *.we? or .th? to go along with it.

One reason this can happen is because of missing archivers like zip and unzip.

I don't know if that is what is happening in this situation but have a look and make sure you have zip and unzip or any other archivers installed in the environment where mutil is sending out mail.

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On 09-08-22 12:17, MissChief wrote to All <=-

Anyway, check it out, it's pretty basic, and I don't have a real name
for it yet. Oh, and any idea why mutil creates a .flo file but nothing else in my outbound dir? That's literally all that's keeping it
sandboxed at this point.

Check for missing archivers, as per the previous thread. :)


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MissChief wrote to All <=-

MissChief Wrote in message:r

Gamgee Wrote in message:r> -=> MissChief wrote to All <=- Mi> It's currently

s

andboxed (messages don't get out) because Mystic is Mi> being a
pain again and won't create outbound packets :(. Logs are no Mi>
help either. Mi> I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from
scratch. I still Mi> can't get mutil to export packets. It
exports the .flo, but not Mi> the *.we? or .th? to go along with
it. Mi> I suppose I'll have to run this from my own servers...
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(21:2/138)Yes exactly. It runs everywhere but a specific set of
DO vps servers. It does work on a lower tier vps, which is a
little strange. Of course it works on my servers which is where I
do my dev, and run the main hub.-- ----Android NewsGroup Reader----https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index .html--- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64) *
Origin: Kumpute Nation BBS (21:2/125)

Fixed it. Apparently you need zip installed, which isn't
something
I do on a vps because I don't do dev work in them.

Ahhhh, good. That makes sense as the mail packets are often compressed/zipped.

By the way, I left the formatting of your reply intact, above. It's a
jumbled up mess, quite frankly. I suspect that is because you're using
some kind of Android newsreader/NNTP client to post with. Not sure how
much you care about that, but it makes it VERY difficult to read your
posts, and many/most people will just skip on by such a mess...



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On 08 Sep 22 22:45:04, Al wrote:

I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from scratch. I still cant get mutil
to export packets. It exports the .flo but not the *.we? or .th? to go along
with it.

One reason this can happen is because of missing archivers like zip and unzip.

I dont know if that is what is happening in this situation but have a look and make sure you have zip and unzip or any other archivers installed in the environment where mutil is sending out mail.

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You have to install Linux Zip/Unzip. Read the wiki. It really pretty much gets you going. mystic is fairly simple with echomail.


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On 08 Sep 2022 at 03:35p, MissChief pondered and said...

I spun up a new vps and installed Mystic from scratch. I still can't get mutil to export packets. It exports the .flo, but not the *.we? or .th?
to go along with it.

check they are being created, and you have zip setup, you might be trying to point to compressed files never created..

Best, Paul

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On 08 Sep 2022 at 06:33p, MissChief pondered and said...

Fixed it. Apparently you need zip installed, which isn't something
I do on a vps because I don't do dev work in them.

:)

Best, Paul

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Gamgee wrote to MissChief <=-

posts, and many/most people will just skip on by such a mess...

I did.



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Anyway, I develop apps for Android and the web, including social
networks. I took one of my old Fediverse projects and am converting it
to connect with FTN networks.

So here it is.. in alpha https://social.fidonet.network

Neat; I'll take a peek. Thanks fer sharing.



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*** Quoting MissChief from a message to All ***

Anyway, I develop apps for Android and the web, including social
networks. I took one of my old Fediverse projects and am converting
it to connect with FTN networks.

So here it is.. in alpha https://social.fidonet.network

I just registered and it looks really neat, well done!

Have a look at WebJAM which looks to be similar:

https://gitlab.ambhost.net/stimpy/website_jamreader/

I had that running awhile ago, but it wasn't mobile friendly which was my
main goal.


Jay

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On 10 Sep 22 01:08:20, Warpslide wrote:

*** Quoting MissChief from a message to All ***

Anyway I develop apps for Android and the web including social networks. I took one of my old Fediverse projects and am converting
it to connect with FTN networks.

So here it is.. in alpha https://social.fidonet.network

I just registered and it looks really neat well done!

Have a look at WebJAM which looks to be similar:

https://gitlab.ambhost.net/stimpy/website_jamreader/

I had that running awhile ago but it wasnt mobile friendly which was my
main goal.

Jay

... I may not be totally perfect but parts of me are excellent

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