Hey all, been a hot bit since I checked in on you guys. Good to see there's still familiar faces around.

I wanted to ask, since I tried to on my end, but for some reason I can't dial in to TQW over telnet or SSH.

Anyone know if it's still up or maybe my IP got blacklisted? I know since I started selfhosting a lot of stuff I've been getting more Captchas, but as far as I know that's likely from my old flaresolverr instance that I don't have anymore.

Also, anyone know if you can change your name on Mystic BBSes? In the intervening time I cheanged my pseudonym to Naluri Murai.

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I wanted to ask, since I tried to
on my end, but for some reason I
can't dial in to TQW over telnet
or SSH.

Same here. I start to get a response but then get instantly disconnected.


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On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 15:28:13 +1300
"Nodoka Hanamura" (21:1/101) <Nodoka.Hanamura@f101.n1.z21.fidonet>
wrote:

Hey all, been a hot bit since I checked in on you guys. Good to see
there's still familiar faces around.

I wanted to ask, since I tried to on my end, but for some reason I
can't dial in to TQW over telnet or SSH.

The tqw network is still up and running. I see the domain has gone so
whether that means hubs are not talking to each other, I dunno. I
dropped Bill a message via QWK so we'll see if he answers, I guess.
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Nigel Reed wrote to Nodoka Hanamura <=-

The tqw network is still up and running. I see the domain has gone so whether that means hubs are not talking to each other, I dunno. I
dropped Bill a message via QWK so we'll see if he answers, I guess.

I still see erb.pw up and running. What domain are you referring to?
Wasn't sure if there was a DNS domain connected to tqwnet...

That's too bad. Araknet had one hub go down and each of the other hubs
sort of limped along for a while. I'd almost prefer a less resilient
network, that, when it went down, you knew it. :(





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Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: Nodoka Hanamura to All on Sat Oct 03 2026 15:28:13

Hey all, been a hot bit since I checked in on you guys. Good to see there's still familiar faces around.

If you're seeing faces, I want that term program.
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I tried the one I had in my address book, tqw.erb.pw - that didn't go anywhere and bbs.erb.pw just kicks me off as soon as I connect. Seems like I'm not the only one having issues.

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On 03 Oct 2026 at 03:28p, Nodoka Hanamura pondered and said...

Hey all, been a hot bit since I checked in on you guys. Good to see there's still familiar faces around.

Hi there.

Nice to see you are active again, and hope all is going well for you :)

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Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: Nodoka Hanamura to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Oct 04 2026 15:23:32

... Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.

Comes from having no focus in your life.
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Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nigel Reed on Sat Oct 03 2026 08:52:05

That's too bad. Araknet had one hub go down and each of the other hubs
sort of limped along for a while. I'd almost prefer a less resilient
network, that, when it went down, you knew it. :(

I'm sort of feeling like that too. Though the problem with having a master hub that everything is routed through is you end up with a fractured network of little clusters. It's like the Sixth Sense. They are dead but they don't know they're dead :)
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Nigel Reed wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I'm sort of feeling like that too. Though the problem with having a
master hub that everything is routed through is you end up with a fractured network of little clusters. It's like the Sixth Sense. They
are dead but they don't know they're dead :) --- SBBSecho 3.38-Linux

Some of the people in Fido zone 2 are preaching the FidoWeb, basically
having multiple feeds and letting message dupe detection sort things
out. That might work well for an othernet.




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--- Nigel Reed Said ---

I have 3 feeds for Fidonet and let dupe detection work its magic so that's not really a new concept. Been like that for years.

--- Nigel Reed Done ---

Meanwhile I can't even find a hub for fidonet for my board :P oh well.

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Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nigel Reed on Wed Oct 07 2026 07:40:36

Some of the people in Fido zone 2 are preaching the FidoWeb, basically having multiple feeds and letting message dupe detection sort things
out. That might work well for an othernet.

I have 3 feeds for Fidonet and let dupe detection work its magic so that's not really a new concept. Been like that for years.
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Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: esc to Nigel Reed on Wed Oct 07 2026 09:32:12

Meanwhile I can't even find a hub for fidonet for my board :P oh well.

Anyone can be a hub for you. What's your location and I can help you find a RC or NC that should be able to assist.
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Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: esc to Nigel Reed on Wed Oct 07 2026 09:32:12

Meanwhile I can't even find a hub for fidonet for my board :P oh well.

I see you're in Los Angeles. Lee Green is NC for net 102 in Region 10. I tried his BBS but it drop connection but if you go to https://bbs.techware2k.com there is a "Contact Us" link, so I would try there first.

Failing that, contact Kurt_Weiske RC for Region 10 at realitycheckbbs.org and I'm sure he'll point you in the right direction.

Let us know how you go.
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--- Nigel Reed Said ---

I have 3 feeds for Fidonet and let dupe detection work its
magic so that's not really a new concept. Been like that for
years.

--- Nigel Reed Done ---

Meanwhile I can't even find a hub for fidonet for my board :P oh
well.

Where are you? I am willing to assist.

Mike - 1:2320/105


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--- Nigel Reed Said ---

Anyone can be a hub for you. What's your location and I can help you find a RC or NC that should be able to assist.

--- Nigel Reed Done ---

Oh nice! I'm in California, USA. Thanks.

-esc
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--- Nigel Reed Said ---

Let us know how you go.

--- Nigel Reed Done ---

Thanks for the help!

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Nigel Reed wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nigel Reed on Wed Oct 07 2026 07:40:36

Some of the people in Fido zone 2 are preaching the FidoWeb, basically having multiple feeds and letting message dupe detection sort things
out. That might work well for an othernet.

I have 3 feeds for Fidonet and let dupe detection work its magic so
that's not really a new concept. Been like that for years.

But it's sloppy and not necessary.



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esc wrote to Nigel Reed <=-

--- Nigel Reed Said ---

I have 3 feeds for Fidonet and let dupe detection work its magic so that's not really a new concept. Been like that for years.

--- Nigel Reed Done ---

Meanwhile I can't even find a hub for fidonet for my board :P oh well.

Is it any more difficult than looking at a nodelist and seeing who the
nearest NC is? Then contacting them, of course.



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Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nigel Reed on Wed Oct 07 2026 07:40 am

Howdy,

Some of the people in Fido zone 2 are preaching the FidoWeb, basically having multiple feeds and letting message dupe detection sort things
out. That might work well for an othernet.

So here in FSX we are doing that at the hub level.

I send mail to hubs 1,2 & 5 directly, and receive mail from those hubs directly. (Not hub 4, since it lives next to hub 1).

It has its benefits, when 1 hub down it only take out that part of the network. However, when it's down unexpectantly it might not be so obvious immediately that its down...


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Re: Re: Checkking in & TQW?
By: esc to Nigel Reed on Wed Oct 07 2026 09:32 am

Howdy,

Meanwhile I can't even find a hub for fidonet for my board :P oh well.

I dont think you are missing much :)

But if you want a point feed, I can help you...


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Hey esc!

On Wed, Oct 07 2026 09:32:12, you wrote:

Meanwhile I can't even find a hub for fidonet for my board :P oh well.

Where are you looking? Wouldn't Poindexter/Kurt be your NC or RC (California)? I'm not sure which hat he wears, but he would be a great start for you to get a node number in the proper area. Otherwise, who you get your mail from doesn't matter.. so I imagine you're not looking very hard. ;)

Regards,
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