Hey all,

Setting up Synch here and to the point of configuring the BBS .. For the life of me I can't find the old "Hit [ESC] to continue" bot check / front end mailer that I see on other Synchronet BBSes during "answer." Any quick help in locating it would be appreciated!

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Re: Synchronet Question
By: The Godfather to All on Sun May 24 2026 07:31 am

Setting up Synch here and to the point of configuring the BBS .. For the life of me I can't find the old "Hit [ESC] to continue" bot check / front end mailer that I see on other Synchronet BBSes during "answer." Any quick help in locating it would be appreciated!

Nothing like that is included with Synchronet. By default, Synchronet uses Telnet options and ANSI terminal auto-detection to help determine if the client is a bot or not.
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On 2026 May 24 07:31:36, you wrote to All:

Setting up Synch here and to the point of configuring the BBS .. For the life of me I can't find the old "Hit [ESC] to continue" bot check / front end mailer that I see on other Synchronet BBSes during "answer." Any quick
help in locating it would be appreciated!

that's is no longer needed... BBSes and mailers operate on different ports using different protocols... there's no need for human users to tell the mailer to pass them over to the BBS... think of it as having multiple phone lines... one group for the BBS only and the others for the mailer only...

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Re: Synchronet Question
By: The Godfather to All on Sun May 24 2026 07:31 am

Hey all,

Setting up Synch here and to the point of configuring the BBS .. For
the life of me I can't find the old "Hit [ESC] to continue"
bot check / front end mailer that I see on other Synchronet
BBSes during "answer." Any quick help in locating it would be
appreciated!

that is a 3rd party addon. you can use one of theirs or make your own.
i have a bot check that actually blacklists you before you pass it. when you pass, you are white listed.


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On Sun, 24 May 2026 19:07:50 -0400
"mark lewis" (VERT) <VERT!mark.lewis@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

On 2026 May 24 07:31:36, you wrote to All:

Setting up Synch here and to the point of configuring the BBS ..
For the life of me I can't find the old "Hit [ESC] to continue"
bot check / front end mailer that I see on other Synchronet
BBSes during "answer." Any quick help in locating it would be appreciated!

that's is no longer needed... BBSes and mailers operate on different
ports using different protocols... there's no need for human users to
tell the mailer to pass them over to the BBS... think of it as having multiple phone lines... one group for the BBS only and the others for
the mailer only...

Maybe he wants to relive the old time and give his users that dialup
feeling. I don't blame him. It can easily be done with a replacement
login.js in mods/
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Re: Synchronet Question
By: Digital Man to The Godfather on Sun May 24 2026 02:52 pm

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Re: Synchronet Question
By: Digital Man to The Godfather on Sun May 24 2026 02:52 pm

Nothing like that is included with Synchronet. By default, Synchronet uses Telnet options and ANSI terminal auto-detection to help determine if the client is a bot or not.

Ah ok thank you!

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Re: Synchronet Question
By: MRO to The Godfather on Sun May 24 2026 05:57 pm

that is a 3rd party addon. you can use one of theirs or make your own.
i have a bot check that actually blacklists you before you pass it. when you pass, you are white listed.

That is more of what I'm looking for, as well as for nostalgic purposes. I'll give it a go making one .. thanks.

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Re: Synchronet Question
By: The Godfather to MRO on Mon May 25 2026 05:48 am

Re: Synchronet Question
By: MRO to The Godfather on Sun May 24 2026 05:57 pm

that is a 3rd party addon. you can use one of theirs or make your
own. i have a bot check that actually blacklists you before you pass
it. when you pass, you are white listed.

That is more of what I'm looking for, as well as for nostalgic
purposes. I'll give it a go making one .. thanks.

if you do it the way i do it, it blocks bots that sit on the node and and
drop off. it really gets everything.

regardless, if you are on the internet, you will get thousands of attacks.
you can't really do much, there's always more.


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Re: Synchronet Question
By: MRO to The Godfather on Mon May 25 2026 05:43 am

if you do it the way i do it, it blocks bots that sit on the node and and drop off. it really gets everything.
regardless, if you are on the internet, you will get thousands of attacks. you can't really do much, there's always more.

With my Mystic and WWIV BBS's I chose a higher port number for telnet and also used the "[ESC]" fake mailer; both collectively seem to help. I've done the same with a higher port number for my Synchronet BBS and it seems to be working on and so far without needing the fake mailer prompt, however I would like to eventually add it for other reasons. When I used the standard port 23 I got attacked by scanners so frequently it would slow my telnet connection down for users / me.

I'll look into what you've done and see if I can't replicate it later. For now I'm beating my head against a wall trying to get DOSEMU2 working, I keep getting a file not found error .. I love tinkering with new BBS stuff, especially Synchronet, but hate messing with initial door setups.

Did you write yours in .js as an add to login.js?

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