Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
By: MRO to The Wanderer on Mon Jan 12 2026 07:58 pm
https://i.imgur.com/z7XuNVJ.pngricksbbs is rejecting all ips with some bot thing.
https://i.imgur.com/GHmDQBv.png
Blocking your IP is a long way from blocking *ALL* IPs.
Hey Mro!If anyone gets a block message just email ricksbbs@yahoo.com with the
On Mon, Jan 12 2026 19:58:13 -0600, you wrote:
Works just fine from here at the posted URLs (telnet & web).
Looks like he banned your IP address. :D
Regards,
Nick
... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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Synchronet _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)
I have a bot monitoring ip probes and your ip or ip range got caught up in
¨ Synchronet ¨ Rick's BBS telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
Hey Rixter!
On Tue, Jan 13 2026 18:09:25 -0600, you wrote:
Synchronet Rick's BBS telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
Hey Rick. I noticed you're using Thunderbird to post these messages. Your message is coming through as UTF-8, but it doesn't seem like you're sending UTF-8 characters in the above quote. So I have two questions:
1) Are you using ISO-8859-1 as your default text encoding in Thunderbird's server settings?
2) Are you forcing Synchronet's NNTP service to use UTF-8 with the "-utf8" switch in services.ini?
I think one of these two (or both) is causing this display issue. If you wan to continue using ISO-8859-1 in Thunderbird, get rid of the "-utf8" paramete in services.ini.
If you want to continue to translation everything to UTF-8 via Synchronet's NNTP service (I do this also), you should change Thunderbird's settings to u UTF-8 for the default text encoding.
Lastly, If you are using Thunderbird's default settings (which should alread by UTF-8), you might need to add the "-utf8" option to the command line in t NNTP and NNTPS sections of services.ini:
Command=nntpservice.js -f -na -utf8
Hope that helps!
Regards,
Nick
... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
By: Rixter to The Wanderer on Tue Jan 13 2026 03:34 pm
I have a bot monitoring ip probes and your ip or ip range got caught up
Thanks for the offer and detail... It was MRO that was having the troubles, though.
I am right here Nick.
I had thought about shutting down the finger service but I like experimenting with the old protocols sometimes.
As far as the insult about the multiple personality disorders I have
no hateful witty comeback. I just enjoy this hobby. I have no
explanation for all the other stuff you commented on.
Have a great day and thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am
not sure if you were trying to be hurtful or helpful but thanks
either way friend!
Hey Rixter!
On Thu, Jan 15 2026 07:28:03 -0600, you wrote:
I am right here Nick.
I know you are.
I had thought about shutting down the finger service but I like
experimenting with the old protocols sometimes.
Nothing I said had anything to do with the finger service. That must
have been someone else.
As far as the insult about the multiple personality disorders I have
no hateful witty comeback. I just enjoy this hobby. I have no
explanation for all the other stuff you commented on.
Never once did I say "disorder". I was making a joke to something
someone else said. If I hit a nerve or hit too close to home, I apologize.
Have a great day and thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am
not sure if you were trying to be hurtful or helpful but thanks
either way friend!
I was definitely going the helpful route, hence my longer drawn out
message to you about your usage of Thunderbird with clear options on how
to fix it.
None of my sarcasm towards others was directed at you.
Regards,
Nick
... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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