Linux:Synchronet
Introduction
Synchronet (known as SBBS) is an all encompassing bulletin board software written by Rob Swindell that includes many integrated features such as servers for smtp, ftp, nntp (news), www, gopher plus more, along with QWK and Fidonet compatibility.
It compiles cleanly on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Linux release which is available to any home user and many VPS providers.
In this wiki, I will walk you through setting up SBBS from start to finish including everything you need to get going on the Linux side.
Since you have chosen to use Linux, I'll assume that you know the basics such as how to edit files using vim or other editor of your choice, how to change directories, list, copy, and find files and other basic tasks. At the very least if you're unable to login as root then maybe you should try the Windows version.
Setting up the Linux environment
Since the only thing I will be running on my server is SBBS, I want to remove all the other packages that may interfere with it. If your host is also a mail server, you may have problems having SBBS also be a mail server until you have two ip addresses. This will be covered later. Since you can get a VPS for around $20 a year, I recommend getting a dedicated box for your BBS.
- generate a locale for your box.
Remove the packages that we don't need.
apt-get remove apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-doc apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils bind9utils ldap-utils libldap-2.4-2 python-samba samba samba-common samba-common-bin samba-libs bsd-mailx postfix