Top Document: alt.bbs.unixbbs Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: GDXBBS Next Document: ix/MBox See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Magpie for Unix Shareware/commercial source available for $$ NetNews planned contact: Steve Manes (address unknown) demo: unknown Magpie has a good reputation, but its limited availability (binaries only for SCO COFF compatible systems) is a drawback. It supports lots of nice features that are easy to provide via Unix, and seems aimed at K-12 school systems that want a "real product" for use with some standard platform. Installation is via special login account, and BBS users do not have standard "/etc/passwd" accounts. No pricing was posted for Source code availability. I got a posting from Steve Manes, and he points out that the COFF binaries are a "Shareware" version. NetNews support (using NOV database) is planned for version 2.4 (no ETA), but version 2.3 has UUCP/internet mail available for BBS users. Recently announced was a version for AIX on the IBM RT platform. User Contributions:Top Document: alt.bbs.unixbbs Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: GDXBBS Next Document: ix/MBox Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: unixbbs@news.dsnet.com (UnixBBS FAQ Maintainer)
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