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 in

Thanks for the offer and detail... It was MRO that was having the troubles, though.

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Re: Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
By: Accession to Rixter on Wed Jan 14 2026 04:55 pm

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.

Thanks for info. I am using the default settings. Have a great day!
Rixter
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http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
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Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
By: The Wanderer to Rixter on Wed Jan 14 2026 07:03 am

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.

Understood. Have a great day.
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
IRC www.irccloud.com/irc/ricksbbs/channel/ricksbbs

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Re: Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
By: Accession to MRO on Wed Jan 14 2026 04:57 pm

I am right here Nick. I thought something/someone was trying to spy on IP addresses. 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. These are things I do not care to investigate. I do not twit or ban users but I will block bot attacks on the BBS. I guess I should be flattered you and MRO find me so fascinating? I have never been the focus of attention for anything. You put some pep in my step today. Thanks! There is a chance I do not have synchronet set up exactly correct so any anomalies are not intentional. Let me know if I should shut down access to my users to Dove-Net so they will not bother you and MRO. Maybe there is a filter so I can remove all your messages and MRO's? That way no one on my side can ever see your messages again. I will ask about that. 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!
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
IRC www.irccloud.com/irc/ricksbbs/channel/ricksbbs

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