Re: How to get started in PBeM

From: Geoff Dunbar <atlantis@rahul.net>

Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

]I also want to set up a PBeM server. I do not have a dedicated
]machine to play my games on so I have to use my PC at work for
]the job. I have a 486sx 33 running Windows 3.1. I use Pegasus
]Mail (2.0). I have begun to write my game in Visual Basic.
]    (Not the perfect situation)

Visual Basic?!? Yikes!

Although it doesn't sound like an option for you, a 486 running
some flavor of unix is a great way to set up a cheap PBEM server.
Most PBEMs won't be too heavy on the computation, so a (fairly)
weak CPU isn't going to hurt too much. And the needed unix tools
for a PBEM are very good, and generally free.

Of course, if you don't know unix, you're facing a fairly steep
learning curve...

]With Pegasus Mail you can set up filtering rules to copy messages
]to different folders, extract the message and even to execute other
]programs.

This sounds like just the sort of thing you need. Make sure you
automate as much as you can, or you will quickly learn to hate
your players as you process all their mail.

Geoff
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Geoff Dunbar <atlantis@rahul.net>

References

How to get started in PBeM
sikorski@lilly.com (Bob Sikorski)
Tue, 25 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: How to get started in PBeM
William Cairns <g77008@it3.eskom.co.za>
Fri, 28 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000