This page is for BBS-related software that is either open source, public domain or "abandoned" by its author (usually with a key to make the software "freeware"). I have run into several programs in my time that would be worthy, but there are a few that I've actually used and one that I co-authored. I hope you'll find these programs worthy of your time and effort. Please note that I cannot offer any support of any kind for these programs-you're on your own. However, I have used all of these programs and know that I have gotten them to work fine for me before, so I'm sure you'll be able to also.
If you are looking for TinyTIC, it has a home at SourceForge. TinyTIC's coder, Michael Dillion, keeps a low profile but is still interested in helping people with TinyTIC. If you wish to contact him, please forward him a message through my contact form here on my website.
Automated Maintenance Utility is a BBS utility program written by David Hickey that was released as open source in 1999. It's for Concord, Ezycom, LoraBBS, Maximus, Proboard, QuickBBS, RemoteAccess, SuperBBS and Telegard BBS packages. It will do all sorts of nightly maintenance to your filebases, user records, create ANSI/ASCII/HTML bulletins, make nightly ALLFILES listings and so much more. You really have to check it out to see all that it can do. AMU is available for DOS, Win32 and OS/2. AMU is Y2K compliant. Follow the steps below to install AMU:
Download full AMU package
First, download the full shareware package for your OS and
install as normal (AMU v3.16):
DOS Win32 OS/2
Download the freeware EXE
Download the freeware EXE archive for your
OS and copy this EXE into your main AMU directory (AMU v3.20):
DOS
Win32 OS/2
AMU Source Code
AMU was written in C++ (that's all the information I know
about the source).
AMU C++ Source
SGMail is an excellent freeware ARCmail-type (netmail attach/dynamic outbound) front-end mailer written by Brent Shellenberg of Shotgun Professional BBS fame. Unfortunately, Brent is no longer involved with BBSing, but he did make SGMail freeware. I highly recommend that if you're considering using SGMail that you download and read thoroughly my SGMail FAQ. SGMail's documentation was never complete and I've managed to remember and tinker enough to get SGMail working reliably on my system. So before you download, please read my FAQ about SGMail and then decide if you want to try it.
If you decide you want to try SGMail, download the version that you need. If you're running the DOS version, you really ought to install TAME (there are DOS and Win32 versions) first before you try to run SGMail. The OS/2 version doesn't have any CPU usage problems.
NOTE: I'd recommend using version 3.00 over version 4.00-version 4.00 has a lot of hooks and features for a BBS Brent was working on which never was released and version 3.00 seems to have worked better for me.
SGMail FAQ
This is a FAQ I've written to help the new SGMail
user along. It should be enough to get you started.
SGMail FAQ
SGMail v3.00-DOS16
SGMail v3.00 DOS "real mode": 16-bit, runs slower, but works with all DOS systems.
SGM300_D.ZIP
SGMail v3.00-DOS32 (DPMI)
SGMail v3.00 DOS "i386 mode": 32-bit DPMI, recommended for use with Win32 systems.
SGM300_P.ZIP
SGMail v3.00-OS/2
SGMail v3.00 OS/2: 32-bit OS/2-native version.
SGM300_2.ZIP
SGMail v4.00-DOS16
SGMail v4.00 DOS "real mode": 16-bit, slower, but works with all DOS systems.
SGM400_D.ZIP
SGMail v4.00-DOS32 (DPMI)
SGMail v4.00 DOS "i386 mode": 32-bit DPMI, recommended.
SGM400_P.ZIP
SGMail Online (F1) Documentation
SGMail's online documentation. Unzip this in SGMail's main directory (normally
\SGMAIL). This is the F1 online help for use from inside SGMail.
SGMDOCS.ZIP
SGMail Freeware 255-line Key
This is the official freeware registration key released
by SGMail's author, Brent Shellenberg, before he abandoned development of
SGMail. This is a text file that you can print out and enter the information
into SGMail's registration screen.
SGMail Freeware Key
