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    From apam@21:1/125 to All on Tue Jun 19 14:17:09 2018
    Hey

    I've just finished uploading binaries for macos / windows for MagiSpy.

    MagiSpy allows you to see what you're users are doing when they're
    online. (Not watch as they type, just get status messages).

    It uses a protocol called MQTT, both Magicka BBS and MagiSpy are MQTT
    clients, meaning you still need a server (or broker).

    You can setup and host a broker called Mosquitto yourself, or you can get
    free MQTT hosting at https://www.cloudmqtt.com (Their free plan allows 5 connections which is just enough for 4 nodes and a spy. Anymore and you
    need a paid plan).

    You will need the latest v0.11-alpha from today to use it, and you will
    need to add some settings to your bbs.ini - see the dist/bbs.ini for
    details.

    The Spy is a QT based desktop application, it's not meant to be run on
    your BBS server (though you can if you want to) It runs on your desktop,
    or several desktops.

    Hope someone finds this useful :)

    Andrew

    --- MagickaBBS v0.11alpha (Linux/x86_64)
    * Origin: Exotica BBS - telnet://exoticabbs.com:2023/ (21:1/125)
  • From KrUpTiOn@21:2/105 to apam on Tue Jun 19 09:15:40 2018
    On 06/19/18, apam said the following...

    MagiSpy allows you to see what you're users are doing when they're
    online. (Not watch as they type, just get status messages).

    It uses a protocol called MQTT, both Magicka BBS and MagiSpy are MQTT clients, meaning you still need a server (or broker).

    You can setup and host a broker called Mosquitto yourself, or you can get free MQTT hosting at https://www.cloudmqtt.com (Their free plan allows 5

    Will this work on Linux, or are you porting it?

    Sounds great! :)

    I'll be upgrading to .11-alpha soon now, thanks!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: New Frontier 2| thenewfrontier2.hopto.org (Ohio) (21:2/105)
  • From apam@21:1/125 to KrUpTiOn on Wed Jun 20 10:23:00 2018
    Will this work on Linux, or are you porting it?

    MagiSpy works on linux, but you need to compile it yourself, I'm not sure
    off the top of my head what the commands are if you don't have qtcreator installed.. I think it's something like:

    qmake
    make

    Andrew

    --- MagickaBBS v0.11alpha (Linux/x86_64)
    * Origin: Exotica BBS - telnet://exoticabbs.com:2023/ (21:1/125)
  • From Static@21:2/140 to apam on Tue Jun 19 21:00:26 2018
    On 06/20/18, apam said the following...

    off the top of my head what the commands are if you don't have qtcreator installed.. I think it's something like:

    Andrew

    Got a file not found error at this step.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Subcarrier BBS (21:2/140)
  • From apam@21:1/125 to Static on Wed Jun 20 13:42:22 2018
    On 06/20/18, apam said the following...

    off the top of my head what the commands are if you don't have qt installed.. I think it's something like:

    Andrew

    Got a file not found error at this step.

    I've updated the project to compile easier on linux without qt-creator.

    Should just be a matter of:

    qmake
    make
    sudo make install

    Andrew

    --- MagickaBBS v0.11alpha (Linux/x86_64)
    * Origin: Exotica BBS - telnet://exoticabbs.com:2023/ (21:1/125)
  • From Static@21:2/140 to apam on Wed Jun 20 01:34:59 2018
    On 06/20/18, apam said the following...

    Andrew

    Got a file not found error at this step.

    I've updated the project to compile easier on linux without qt-creator.

    That was supposed to be a little tongue-in-cheek.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Subcarrier BBS (21:2/140)