Welcome to the A-Net Online ANetBBS Wiki
This is the community documentation for ANetBBS — the modern,
multi-protocol Bulletin Board System that powers this site.
The wiki is a place where users, sysops, and curious passers-by can
read about how the BBS works, look up technical details, and (if
they're logged in) help edit and expand the docs.
Start here
- Getting Started — connect to the BBS for the first time
- Features — what ANetBBS can do
- FAQ — frequently asked questions
Connecting
ANetBBS speaks every classic BBS protocol plus a modern web UI:
- Web Access — the easy path, in your browser
- Telnet — classic terminal access on TCP 23
- SSH — secure terminal access on TCP 22
- Rlogin — game-server style auto-login on TCP 513
What's inside
- Message Boards — local discussion forums
- Echomail — FidoNet-style global mail (BinkP networking)
- Private Messages — one-on-one mail between users
- Instant Messages — Inter-BBS instant messaging via MSP
- Files — the file library
- Doors — door games (LORD, TradeWars, Synchronet game servers…)
- Chat — multi-user real-time chat (IRC, MRC)
- RSS Reader — the built-in news aggregator
For sysops
- Sysop Guide — the long-form admin guide
- Door Setup — getting a new door online
- BinkP Setup — joining a FidoNet-style mail network
- NodeSpy — watching and kicking active sessions
- Backup — backing up your BBS
About this wiki
- Anyone can read. Logged-in users can edit.
- Use
[[Page Name]]to link to another wiki page. - Every edit is kept in Revision History — see the page's
history button. - Missing pages show up on Wanted Pages.
- Pages no other page links to are listed under
Orphans in the wiki nav.
New users: when you spot something wrong or unclear, click the
Edit button at the top of the page and fix it. That's how a
wiki stays useful.