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I have to copies of Synchronet running on separate VMs. One is for message networks (this one) and after deleting the file synch.ans, the Synch logo ans no longer displays.

My other one has been adjusted in modopts.ini to go straight to the External Programs menu as a door server. I also deleted synch.ans on that copy, but the Synch ANSI logo still displays when you connect. Anybody know where it's pulling that file from?

BlaZ

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To: BlaZ
Re: synch.ans
By: BlaZ to All on Sat Oct 03 2020 08:11 am

I have to copies of Synchronet running on separate VMs. One is for message networks (this one) and after deleting the file synch.ans, the Synch logo ans no longer displays.

My other one has been adjusted in modopts.ini to go straight to the External Programs menu as a door server. I also deleted synch.ans on that copy, but the Synch ANSI logo still displays when you connect. Anybody know where it's pulling that file from?

It'd help if you posted a screen capture or something... but my guess is text/banner.*.

digital man

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To: Digital Man
Re: synch.ans
By: Digital Man to BlaZ on Sat Oct 03 2020 12:50 pm

My other one has been adjusted in modopts.ini to go straight to the External Programs menu as a door server. I also deleted synch.ans on that copy, but the Synch ANSI logo still displays when you connect. Anybody know where it's pulling that file from?

It'd help if you posted a screen capture or something... but my guess is text/banner.*.

digital man

Thanks for the advice.

Screen Capture:

[ Inter-BBS Area ]: d

Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.18
RLogin connection from: 192.168.2.201
Resolving hostname...

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Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.18 Copyright 2020 Rob Swindell Logging on to The Penalty Box as BlaZ ...
[ Loading message pointers... -nan(ind)% ]

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Connecting to DoorParty, please wait ...



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Logging on to DoorParty as [TPB]BlaZ ...
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I checked my sbbs\text directory for "banner.*" as you suggested, but there is no such file. Below is the contents of my sbbs\text directory...

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is ACB6-2920

Directory of C:\sbbs\text

10/03/2020 08:10 PM <DIR> .
10/03/2020 08:10 PM <DIR> ..
10/01/2020 12:17 PM <DIR> avatars
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 75 badpassword.msg
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 84 bullseye.cfg
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 282 email.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 2,438 example.sif
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 187 file.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 166 host.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 195 ip-silent.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 228 ip.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 189 ircmotd.txt
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 3,680 lbshell_bg.bin
10/01/2020 12:17 PM <DIR> menu
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 379 name.can
10/01/2020 12:17 PM <DIR> packet
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 41,867 password.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 135 phone.can
08/16/2020 02:49 PM 4,898 sbbslist.hlp
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 130 subject.can
10/03/2020 08:10 PM 0 text.txt
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 140 zipmsg.txt
17 File(s) 55,073 bytes
5 Dir(s) 19,485,085,696 bytes free


BlaZ

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To: BlaZ
Re: synch.ans
By: BlaZ to Digital Man on Sat Oct 03 2020 08:23 pm

Re: synch.ans
By: Digital Man to BlaZ on Sat Oct 03 2020 12:50 pm

My other one has been adjusted in modopts.ini to go straight to the External Programs menu as a door server. I also deleted synch.ans on that copy, but the Synch ANSI logo still displays when you connect. Anybody know where it's pulling that file from?

It'd help if you posted a screen capture or something... but my guess is text/banner.*.

digital man

Thanks for the advice.

Screen Capture:

[ Inter-BBS Area ]: d

Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.18
RLogin connection from: 192.168.2.201
Resolving hostname...

_!_
_

Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.18 Copyright 2020 Rob Swindell Logging on to The Penalty Box as BlaZ ...
[ Loading message pointers... -nan(ind)% ]

ÜÜ Ü
Ü ÜÜ°² Üßgj/Úä
synchronet ÜÜ ß þ ß²ÛÜÜ ÜÜ ÞÝ
Ü þÜÜܱ±°ÜÜÜÜÛÜ þÛÜÞÛ°²ß Þ°°±°Üܲ ßßÛÜÜÜÜܲ ß ßßÜÜ
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Connecting to DoorParty, please wait ...

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Logging on to DoorParty as [TPB]BlaZ ...
[ Loading message pointers... 0.0% ]

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I checked my sbbs\text directory for "banner.*" as you suggested, but there is no such file.

The ANSI you pasted above is from synch.ans (or .msg or .asc), not banner.*.

Below is the contents of my sbbs\text directory...

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is ACB6-2920

Directory of C:\sbbs\text

10/03/2020 08:10 PM <DIR> .
10/03/2020 08:10 PM <DIR> ..
10/01/2020 12:17 PM <DIR> avatars
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 75 badpassword.msg
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 84 bullseye.cfg
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 282 email.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 2,438 example.sif
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 187 file.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 166 host.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 195 ip-silent.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 228 ip.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 189 ircmotd.txt
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 3,680 lbshell_bg.bin

^^^ that lbshell_bg.bin also has that same ANSI (synch.ans) stored in BIN format.

10/01/2020 12:17 PM <DIR> menu
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 379 name.can
10/01/2020 12:17 PM <DIR> packet
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 41,867 password.can
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 135 phone.can
08/16/2020 02:49 PM 4,898 sbbslist.hlp
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 130 subject.can
10/03/2020 08:10 PM 0 text.txt
08/15/2020 11:55 PM 140 zipmsg.txt

I don't know where all that DoorParty stuff is coming from. You have some custom logon modules or something going on. <shrug>

digital man

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To: BlaZ
Re: synch.ans
By: BlaZ to Digital Man on Sat Oct 03 2020 20:23:11

Connecting to DoorParty, please wait ...

Not related to your question, but I'm curious.

It looks like you're running 'doorparty.js' upon connection to your door-server BBS. Not sure if this is temporary or if you've misunderstood the purpose of that script. If you mean to use it to connect to your own door server, it should be running on your first BBS, with customizations.

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To: Digital Man
Re: synch.ans
By: Digital Man to BlaZ on Sun Oct 04 2020 12:05 am

I checked my sbbs\text directory for "banner.*" as you suggested, but there is no such file.

The ANSI you pasted above is from synch.ans (or .msg or .asc), not banner.*.

That's what I thought, but I deleted synch.* from my sbbs\text directory and the ANSI still shows up on login.

08/15/2020 11:55 PM 3,680 lbshell_bg.bin

^^^ that lbshell_bg.bin also has that same ANSI (synch.ans) stored in BIN format.

After reading your comment here, I thought you'd solved the mystery for me. So I deleted lbshell_bg.bin from the sbbs\text directory, but the synch.ans ANSI still shows up on login.

I don't know where all that DoorParty stuff is coming from. You have some custom logon modules or something going on. <shrug>

Yes, sorry. I must not have explained by use for SBBS in the original post. I used the rlogin_xtrn_menu=true option in modopts.ini to set this copy of Synchronet up to drop straight to the XTRN area to allow connections to Door Party from my Worldgroup BBS. It's a hack job, but it works...almost. :)

If I can't get that synch.ans logo to go away, it's not a big deal. It's just that on my other copy of Synchronet that I use for DOVE-Net reading/writing, I deleted synch.ans and the logo went away. I did the same thing on the other copy (same version of Synchronet only running on Win 7 instead of XP) and the logo did not go away.

Thanks for your help.

BlaZ

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To: BlaZ
Re: synch.ans
By: BlaZ to Digital Man on Sun Oct 04 2020 01:44 pm

Re: synch.ans
By: Digital Man to BlaZ on Sun Oct 04 2020 12:05 am

I checked my sbbs\text directory for "banner.*" as you suggested, but there is no such file.

The ANSI you pasted above is from synch.ans (or .msg or .asc), not banner.*.

That's what I thought, but I deleted synch.* from my sbbs\text directory and the ANSI still shows up on login.

Files can be copied and ANSI artwork pasted into other files, or even scripts.

08/15/2020 11:55 PM 3,680 lbshell_bg.bin

^^^ that lbshell_bg.bin also has that same ANSI (synch.ans) stored in BIN format.

After reading your comment here, I thought you'd solved the mystery for me. So I deleted lbshell_bg.bin from the sbbs\text directory, but the synch.ans ANSI still shows up on login.

I didn't think so and I didn't mean to suggest so. I was just pointing out that that same ANSI artwork has been replicated in other files, likely more than I know.

I don't know where all that DoorParty stuff is coming from. You have some custom logon modules or something going on. <shrug>

Yes, sorry. I must not have explained by use for SBBS in the original post. I used the rlogin_xtrn_menu=true option in modopts.ini to set this copy of Synchronet up to drop straight to the XTRN area to allow connections to Door Party from my Worldgroup BBS. It's a hack job, but it works...almost. :)

If I can't get that synch.ans logo to go away, it's not a big deal. It's just that on my other copy of Synchronet that I use for DOVE-Net reading/writing, I deleted synch.ans and the logo went away. I did the same thing on the other copy (same version of Synchronet only running on Win 7 instead of XP) and the logo did not go away.

Sounds like that artwork image is coming from somewhere *else* then. Just trace through your scripts and stuff to find out where.

digital man

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To: echicken
Re: synch.ans
By: echicken to BlaZ on Sun Oct 04 2020 09:10 am

Not related to your question, but I'm curious.

It looks like you're running 'doorparty.js' upon connection to your door-server BBS. Not sure if this is temporary or if you've misunderstood the purpose of that script. If you mean to use it to connect to your own

Worldgroup is my main BBS software. I'm using Synchronet (2 separate copies) for two purposes. One is to provide access to DOVE-Net messages. The other is just to link to Door Party. That's why the script runs on login. You are already logged into my Worldgroup BBS before you connect via Rlogin to that copy of Synchronet. I know it's very inefficient, but it works.

BlaZ

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To: BlaZ
Greetings BlaZ!

Sunday October 04 2020 13:44, you wrote to Digital Man about an urgent matter!:

Re: synch.ans
By: Digital Man to BlaZ on Sun Oct 04 2020 12:05 am

I checked my sbbs\text directory for "banner.*" as you

suggested, but

there is no such file.

The ANSI you pasted above is from synch.ans (or .msg or .asc), not
banner.*.

The file you actually want is in /sbbs/text and is logon.ans took me awhile to figure that out and get rid of it to.. But delete or replace and there you go.


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