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  • Feature Request - umonitor -> system options -> view logs

    From Nigel Reed@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat Feb 14 17:54:45 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1054#note_8294

    Not sure if you know, but if you use ftelnet to connect to your BBS then you can use ;SHELL
    then export TERM=utf-8
    you can run umonitor that way.

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  • From Errol Casey@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat Feb 14 17:58:28 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1054#note_8295

    i cannot use ftelnet when on vpn. i'm sure the port is not being allowed through. But didn't know that I could access shell and set the TERM and use umonitor. Thanks for sharing that.

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  • From Nigel Reed@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat Feb 14 18:03:27 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1054#note_8296

    That's odd because ftelnet has nothing to do with the VPN. As long as you can reach your BBS webpage. ftelnet communicated with your BBS via websockets and basically uses the browser as a middleman, so I understand, like a proxy. I know it works fine for me when I VPN into work and I access the website via my work proxy.

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  • From Eric Oulashin@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sun Feb 15 08:09:11 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1054#note_8310

    If you want to run umonitor on your BBS machine, I feel like it would be easier to SSH to your BBS machine rather than telnetting to your BBS and shelling to the command prompt. And if you're running a graphical desktop environment on your BBS machine and remote desktop (with VNC or similar), you could leave umonitor running in its own window so you can always have a look at your BBS node status & such.

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