On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Mike Thomson wrote: > 1/ We need a mail/message system that allows the > messages written to be transported to and from > a Usenet style message base. you'd need to rewrite the ENTIRE mail/board system :) the best way around this is to write an external client/shell that will handle it... kinda like tintin++ but when the player types mail <playername> it'll send the mud a "code" to tell it your afk(in mail) then spawn pine or elm or whatever your mailer is. this also allows for using MORE/LESS for paging through the mud if you save all of the messages on local drive space (just have the MUD tell the client .page /directory/filename , the problem with this is no remote users because theywont be able to use the client with access to the local drive. > 2/ The ability to run external programs and/or > "shell out" from the mud. shelling ou;t would be as easy as telling the mud you're shelled and then spawning /bin/tcsh or /bin/bash or whatever yourshell is > Basically, we want the ability to emulate a BBS. Is > the above easily implemented into CircleMud? > Any input would be appreciated. my provider did a similar thing, only he wrote the mud (from scratch) based on that it'll be about a BBS...
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