Seems a long time since any fixes or releases, so is MysticBBS back to Orphanware status again?

... A Mystic asking for a hot-dog: "Make me one with everything"

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Seems a long time since any fixes or releases, so is MysticBBS back to Orphanware status again?

... A Mystic asking for a hot-dog: "Make me one with everything"

Maybe we can assist in developing ?!

Cheers
Michael
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Michael Geller wrote to k9zw <=-

Seems a long time since any fixes or releases, so is MysticBBS back to

Orpha

nware status again?

Maybe we can assist in developing ?!

No, you can't, because it's closed-source software.



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Michael Geller wrote to k9zw <=-

Seems a long time since any fixes or releases, so is MysticBBS back to

Orpha

nware status again?

Maybe we can assist in developing ?!

No, you can't, because it's closed-source software.

Ok, that's sad. I've started setting up an ENiGMA 1/2 BBS as a backup, just in case Mystic stops being developed.
ENiGMA is open source, so the community can keep it alive.

Cheers
Michael
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On 2026-11-03 16:16:01, Gamgee wrote to Michael Geller:

Maybe we can assist in developing ?!

No, you can't, because it's closed-source software.

I love Mystic. Not sure what you're running, but latest version is not the one from the website, but 1.12 a49 with some bug fixes. Sure a few years behind updates and such, but it works perfectly fine, and it is so scriptable with Python that you can pretty much make it do whatever you want.

If you really want to code a bit, you can always grab the Open Source version of it (https://github.com/FIDOSOFT/mysticbbs) before it went back to closed source, and point Claude at that (as well as existing binaries and such) and tell it to extend the open source so it's more on par with actual system and features, it can probably do it. I bet it'd take it maybe 5 hours to get it on full parity with what we have today, since it can run an actual BBS and see what it does, how it responds, what the binaries, are doing, how the dat files are changing, etc.

As far as security, you can front it with an actual up to date SSH proxy so you do not bother with cryptlib and its outdated stuff (though Christian did just patch it so it has better support for new stuff too).

BTW - we live in a web age now, and as much as I love to telnet/ssh in, somtimes on the go I just want to reply back to a message (like this one) quickly. So I (vibe-)coded a really nice WEB UI that installs right next to it, and am calling it "The Missing MysticWeb".. Will open source this sucker by end of the week, but if you want to see it in action, open your browser to https://bbs.silfenpath.com and login. You still have to register via telnet session though haha! Best bot deterrent :)

It is just an "add-on" to Mystic, it is not hacking anything, rather, it uses mystic, mutil, configs, user dat files, etc. directly. Will be a relatively simple drop-in for anyone, no crazy changes needed.

BTW, I do accept that some purists will always prefer telnet, QWK mailers, or such. I needed my web bridge to my BBS and have finally been able to participate more on the net too because of it.

Cheers,

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Michael Geller wrote to Gamgee <=-

Michael Geller wrote to k9zw <=-

Seems a long time since any fixes or releases, so is MysticBBS
back to Orphanware status again?

Maybe we can assist in developing ?!

No, you can't, because it's closed-source software.

Ok, that's sad. I've started setting up an ENiGMA 1/2 BBS as a backup, just in case Mystic stops being developed.

It hasn't been developed a single bit in at least 2 years, maybe 3.

ENiGMA is open source, so the community can keep it alive.

Sure, although it isn't widely used so there isn't much "community"
activity there.

The top open-source BBS software is Synchronet, under constant
development, with updates of some kind every single day. The author is readily available and very receptive to input.



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The top open-source BBS software is Synchronet, under constant development, with updates of some kind every single day. The author is readily available and very receptive to input.

I dont like Synchronet. It looks like a "Groupware". So i prefer Citadel with Textclient and on my other Server runs Mystic and Enigma 1/2 (for testing).

Cheers
Goose

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Goose wrote to Gamgee <=-

The top open-source BBS software is Synchronet, under constant development, with updates of some kind every single day. The author is readily available and very receptive to input.

I dont like Synchronet. It looks like a "Groupware".

Well, it certainly has many more features/functions than Mystic,
but all are optional. It looks like whatever you want it to look like. Completely customizable.

So i prefer Citadel with Textclient and on my other Server runs Mystic
and Enigma 1/2 (for testing).

Okay.



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The top open-source BBS software is Synchronet, under constant development, with updates of some kind every single day. The author is readily available and very receptive to input.

I tried Synchronet and loved the web-based built-in. But I didn't like how to get door games online as it used a totally different coding and setup.

I came from Spitfire BBS back in the day and then was able to grab a 16-line WildCAT! server but I could never get the Internet add-on for it, so I powered it off and it still sits in my basement with an old Octopus cable and 8 modems.

I started using Mystic BECAUSE it was Telnet (something Spitfire was never going to add into it's coding). I can bring door games online within 30 mins or less, but that is just because I'm used to the door.sys function and all that.

I'll have to power on my Synchronet VDI and play around and see if I can bring it into the Internet-based Web world again. Right now I just have a proxy telnet from my server web-page, so you use that inside your fave web browser.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
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I tried Synchronet and loved the web-based built-in. But I didn't like

Mystic runs quite well in a web browser. I like it more than Synchronet. It has more of a "retro" feeling, combined with new technologies.

If you want, you can try my BBS in your web browser: https://bbs.g00r00.com

Cheers
Goose

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Hey Goose!

On Wed, Nov 04 2026 16:32:20 +0100, you wrote:

g00r00.com

What's the reason you decided to register a domain named after Mystic's developer?

That seems.. wierd.

Regards,
Accession

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What's the reason you decided to register a domain named after Mystic's developer?

That seems.. wierd.

There is no reason, i registered the Domain a long time ago.
I dont see any Problem in it ?!

Cheers
Goose

... Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Goosenet BBS (21:1/177)

Re: Re: Is MysticBBS Orphanware Again?
By: Accession to Goose on Wed Nov 04 2026 16:23:48

g00r00.com

What's the reason you decided to register a domain named after Mystic's developer?

That seems.. wierd.

I was kinda wondering the same..



Tim (kk4qbn)
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Hey Accession,

Let me make this really clear: g00r00.com has nothing to do with Mystic
or its developer. I've owned the domain for a long time, way before I
ever touched Mystic. Back then I had no idea who g00r00 was. It's pure coincidence.

I've been running my BBS on it for almost three years now. There's
nothing weird or wrong about it, and it's my own domain, legally
registered. It's just my little BBS, not an official Mystic site, and
I'm not pretending to be anyone.

Hope that clears it up.

Cheers
Goose

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Goose wrote:

There is no reason, i registered the Domain a long time ago.
I dont see any Problem in it ?!

No problem, just a cool coincidence lol

-esc
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On 05 Nov 2026, Goose said the following...

There is no reason, i registered the Domain a long time ago.
I dont see any Problem in it ?!

I don't see a problem.

donaldtrump.com

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
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Goose wrote to SirRonmit <=-

I tried Synchronet and loved the web-based built-in. But I didn't like

Mystic runs quite well in a web browser. I like it more than
Synchronet. It has more of a "retro" feeling, combined with new technologies.

Well..... things that are 3+ years old with no updates in this age are
not exactly "new"...



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Well..... things that are 3+ years old with no updates in this age are not exactly "new"...

So true and sad.

But every use what he likes to use.

Cheers
Goose

... Old musicians never die. They just decompose!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Goosenet BBS (21:1/177)

Let me make this really clear: g00r00.com has nothing to do with Mystic
or its developer. I've owned the domain for a long time, way before I
ever touched Mystic. Back then I had no idea who g00r00 was. It's pure coincidence.

Sounds like a bunch of BS IMO.

:P



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Let me make this really clear: g00r00.com has nothing to do with Mystic
or its developer.

Sounds like a bunch of BS IMO.

BS? Nah, just a goose with good luck picking domains. Next I'm
registering 20ForBeers.org. :P

Cheers
Goose

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Goosenet BBS (21:1/177)

Hey paulie,

you asked how I did the web terminal on bbs.g00r00.com, so here's the
short version. It's actually not telnet at all.

1. ttyd (github.com/tsl0922/ttyd, I use 1.7.7) gives you a terminal in
the browser via xterm.js and websockets.
2. ttyd doesn't connect to telnet. It starts a small Python wrapper,
and that wrapper launches a local Mystic node in a PTY, pinned to
80x25.
3. The wrapper translates CP437 to UTF-8 (otherwise the block graphics
break in the browser). It also answers Mystic's cursor position
request itself, because otherwise you get junk like "82R" in front
of your username at the login prompt.
4. ttyd only listens on a local unix socket. nginx sits in front with
HTTPS and proxies /term/ to it, websocket upgrade on, long timeouts.
5. A plain HTML start page wraps it in an iframe and scales the font
so 80x25 fills the window.

And of course plain telnet on port 23 still works as usual, the web
terminal is just an extra door.

ttyd runs with -T ansi and a custom color theme. Honestly, the CP437
part was the only real headache, the rest is pretty straightforward.

Cheers
Goose

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If you want, you can try my BBS in your web browser: https://bbs.g00r00.com

Dude! Now that is totally cool!!

I like that much better than how mine is 'remoted' via telnet.
Do you have docs or a link on how that works or how to set that up?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
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Hey SirRonmit,

glad you like the web login on https://bbs.g00r00.com :)

Short version: it is not telnet in a webpage. ttyd
(github.com/tsl0922/ttyd) gives you a real terminal in the
browser (xterm.js + websocket). ttyd starts a small Python
wrapper, and that wrapper launches a local Mystic node in a
PTY (80x25), with CP437->UTF-8 so the ANSI art survives.
nginx sits in front with HTTPS and proxies /term/ to ttyd.
Plain telnet on port 23 still works as usual; the web
terminal is just an extra door.

I am putting a small starter script plus a short how-to into
the file areas on my BBS (look under GooseNet / local files
once it is up). Grab that if you want to try the same setup
yourself — happier to share bits than to paste a novel into
FSX_MYS.

Cheers
Goose

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Hey Goose!

On Thu, Nov 05 2026 00:17:52 +0100, you wrote:

There is no reason, i registered the Domain a long time ago. I dont see
any Problem in it ?!

I didn't say there was a problem. I said it was wierd. That's all.

Regards,
Accession

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Hey Goose!

On Thu, Nov 05 2026 00:30:48 +0100, you wrote:

It's pure coincidence.

Yep. One hell of a coincidence, is all.

I've been running my BBS on it for almost three years now.

Yet only advertising for it the past month or two. Otherwise, I'm sure someone would have noticed almost three years ago, too.

weird or wrong about it, and it's my own domain, legally registered. It's just my little BBS, not an official Mystic site, and I'm not pretending to be anyone.

Hope that clears it up.

Thanks for the explanation. Again, I didn't say anything was wrong with it. It's still wierd, though. *shrug*

Regards,
Accession

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Goose wrote to Gamgee <=-

Well..... things that are 3+ years old with no updates in this age are
not exactly "new"...

So true and sad.

But every use what he likes to use.

Sure, absolutely!



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Accession wrote to Goose <=-

It's pure coincidence.

Yep. One hell of a coincidence, is all.

Yep, sure is.

I've been running my BBS on it for almost three years now.

Yet only advertising for it the past month or two. Otherwise, I'm sure someone would have noticed almost three years ago, too.

Good point, never heard of that BBS until VERY recently.

weird or wrong about it, and it's my own domain, legally registered. It's just my little BBS, not an official Mystic site, and I'm not pretending to be anyone.

Hope that clears it up.

Thanks for the explanation. Again, I didn't say anything was wrong with it. It's still wierd, though. *shrug*

It is *VERY* weird. A little too weird to believe, almost. :-)




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Sounds like a bunch of BS IMO.

BS? Nah, just a goose with good luck picking domains. Next I'm
registering 20ForBeers.org. :P

You can grab 20ForBeers.com if you'll pay for my domain fees... lets chat.



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Hey paulie,

you asked how I did the web terminal on bbs.g00r00.com, so here's the short version. It's actually not telnet at all.

Thanks for the deets... interesting. :P



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Re: Re: Is MysticBBS Orphanware Again?
By: paulie420 to Goose on Wed Nov 04 2026 10:43 pm

Let me make this really clear: g00r00.com has nothing to do with Mystic
or its developer. I've owned the domain for a long time, way before I
ever touched Mystic. Back then I had no idea who g00r00 was. It's pure
coincidence.

Sounds like a bunch of BS IMO.

Coincidences do happen.. I've been using the handle "Nightfox" on my BBS since I ran my original BBS starting in 1994, and I think about 10-12 years ago, someone else using the handle "Nightfox" happened to start posting on Dove-Net. After all those years, that was the only time I had seen someone else using "Nightfox", just by coincidence. They weren't around long though..

I doubt the author of Mystic is the only person to have thought of the name "g00r00".

Nightfox
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On 07 Nov 26 01:15:22, Nightfox said the following to Paulie420:

Coincidences do happen.. I've been using the handle "Nightfox" on my BBS since I ran my original BBS starting in 1994, and I think about 10-12 years ago, someone else using the handle "Nightfox" happened to start posting on Dove-Net. After all those years, that was the only time I had seen someone

Yeah but yours is the cool handle!

Whenever I hear of Nightfox, for me its the French robber with style from Oceans 12... he was actually better than both George Clooney and Brad Pitt in that movie, stole the show.

He leaves behind fox figurines as his calling-card from whoever he rips off, he's rich and sauve with the ladies... and he's also a terrific dancer.

Atreyu

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