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Mystic BBS

{{Infobox software

| name = Mystic BBS

| author = James Coyle

| developer =

| released =

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date =

| latest release version = 1.12 A48

| latest release date = {{Start date|2023|01|15}}

| programming language = FreePascal

| operating system = MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, OS X, Linux

| platform = IA_32, x86-64, ARM, AARCH64

| language =

| genre = BBS

| license = Proprietary freeware

| website = {{URL|www.mysticbbs.com}}

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Mystic BBS is a bulletin board system software program that began in 1995 and was first released to the public in December 1997 for MS-DOS. It has been ported to Microsoft Windows, OS/2, OS X, and Linux (Intel and ARM based systems such as the Raspberry Pi). Mystic was designed to be a spiritual successor to the Renegade (BBS) and Telegard bulletin board systems.

Some of the more notable capabilities of Mystic BBS include:

  • Integrated Telnet, SSH, RLogin, FTP, BinkP, HTTP, NNTP, POP3, SMTP servers with IPv4 + IPv6 support
  • Full 5D compliant FidoNet BSO mailer and tosser, including BINKP & FTP mailers
  • Built in AreaFix and FileFix functionality and full fileecho support
  • Integrated QWK and QWKE networking via FTP
  • Integrated text and ANSI editors, message editing with on-the-fly spell checking and word suggestions
  • Proprietary scripting language called Mystic Programming Language (MPL)
  • Embedded PYTHON 2.x and 3.x programming languages
  • DOS CP437 and UTF8 character translations, terminal sizes up to 160x60
  • Dynamic menus including menu editor, and fully customizable prompts
  • Multiple user-selectable themes
  • DOOR32 support in addition to various DOS-type door formats
  • A fully featured ACS (access control system) and MCI display codes
  • Modern security features such as TLS v1.2+, 512-bit PBKDF2 password storage, and AES-256 encrypted Netmail
  • Highly integrated with ANSI graphics including full screen editor, lightbar menus, lightbar file listings and message reading
  • Advanced, feature-rich JAM message base system with QWK/QWKE offline mail
  • Multiple platform distributions available including Windows, OS X, Linux and ARM Linux (Raspberry Pi, ODROID, etc.)

A more complete list of capabilities can be found at http://www.mysticbbs.com/features.html

Attracted to the flexibility and potential that the scripting language provides, a number groups, such as ACiDic BBS modding, Cyberia, Demonic, DoRE, Vanguard, wOE!mODDING and Wicked formed for the sole purpose of writing BBS mods for SysOps who run Mystic.

External links

= Software & Configuration =

  • [http://www.mysticbbs.com/ Mystic BBS Website]
  • [http://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php/ Mystic BBS Wiki]

= Bulletin Board Systems =

Here's a small selection of BBS that currently use Mystic software (alphabetical by BBS name):

  • [telnet]://terranempire.ddns.net:1017] (Emperor Kirk, your sysop, Mirror universe of Enterprise, Vintage computer theme)
  • [telnet://agency.bbs.nz Agency BBS] ([https://bbs.nz/ New Zealand BBS], run by Avon since '13)
  • [telnet://anotherbbs.bbsindex.com Another F-ing BBS] ([http://anotherbbs.bbsindex.com/ Anotherbbs.bbsindex.com ], Run by Gary Crunk since January '17)
  • [telnet://bbs.arcadiabbs.com Arcadia BBS] ([https://www.arcadiabbs.com Arcadia BBS], run by Nazferiti - Features Games, Files, and Gated Usenet)
  • [telnet://blackice.bbsindex.de BlackICE BBS] ([http://bbsindex.de/ German BBS], since '13)
  • [telnet://cqbbs.ddns.net:6800 Captain's Quarters II BBS] ([http://cqbbs.ddns.net/ CQII BBS website], running on a Mac!)
  • [telnet://centralontarioremote.com:2300 Central Ontario Remote BBS]
  • [telnet://clutch.darktech.org Clutch BBS] (Originally launched in '95 - home of the Acidic Paging Module)
  • [telnet://cyberia.darktech.org Cyberia BBS] telnet to cyberia.darktech.org
  • [telnet://datanetbbs.net Datanet BBS] Melbourne, Australia SysOp: rEApZ
  • [telnet://d1st.org Distortion BBS]
  • [telnet://Error404bbs.DDns.net Error 1202 BBS] (Located in Perrysburg Ohio ran by Solaris since '19)
  • [telnet://Error404bbs.DDns.net Error 404 BBS] (Located in Perrysburg Ohio ran by Solaris since '14)
  • [telnet://fluph.z44pto.org flupH BBS] Survnet *Survival & Self reliance Hq* Blocktronic member board
  • [telnet://bbs.inktwo.com iNK tWO BBS] [http://www.inktwo.com Ink Two Website], run by Smooth since '13 in Covina, CA
  • [http://www.riddells.net/bbs.htm Leisure Time BBS] (Located in New Baden, IL, USA)
  • [telnet://fringe.darktech.org Lunatic Fringe] (Located in Vancouver, WA)
  • [telnet://necrobbs.strangled.net Necronomicon BBS] (Originally started on Amiga CNet. Run by Necromaster. Home of RetroNet)
  • [telnet://neverneverlandbbs.com Never Never Land BBS] (419 area code oldest bbs since '89)
  • [telnet://piranha.acid.org Piranha BBS] ( board run by caphood, since '95)
  • [telnet://bbs.sinnershaven.com:23 Sinner's Haven II] (Originally Created in '89 telegard, '92 OBV/2, recreated in '13 under Mystic)
  • [telnet://bbs.retrohack.se SLiME CiTY BBS] - Sweden - Dedicated to retro computing and computer security! Running since 2013
  • [telnet://bbs.bottomlessabyss.net:2023 The Bottomless Abyss BBS] - Canada - ArakNet/Phenom member board. Home of MRC, Threat Sentry and Hackfest Official BBS.
  • [telnet://bbs.thebytexchange.com The ByteXchange BBS] - Texas - Home of Cyber-Net Network and running since 1992!
  • [https://vortexbbs.com The Vortex BBS] 864s longest running BBS created in 1996.
  • [telnet://zonebbs.net The Zone BBS] (Located in Lorain, Ohio)
  • [telnet://bbs.crnet.net:1023 CrNet BBS] (Located in Long Island, NY)

To connect to these systems, a Telnet client designed to access BBS systems such as [http://www.mysticbbs.com/downloads.html NetRunner] is recommended.

Category:Bulletin board system software