This section of the Mystic BBS Configuration System allows a Sysop to enable/disable and set specific configuration settings for variety of different servers Mystic BBS offers.

Here's the view of the 'Available Servers' menu from a fresh install of Mystic showing several servers ready for configuration.

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                Active  Type      ID         Port  IPV4  IPV6
               ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
                Yes     TELNET    TELNET       23  Yes   Yes
                No      RLOGIN    RLOGIN      513  Yes   Yes
                No      SSH       SSH          22  Yes   Yes
                Yes     BINKP     BINKP     24554  Yes   Yes
                No      FTP       FTP          21  Yes   Yes
                No      NNTP      NNTP        119  Yes   Yes
                No      POP3      POP3        110  Yes   Yes
                No      SMTP      SMTP         25  Yes   Yes
               
               ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
                            Press / for command list
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If you wish to insert or delete a server(s) from this list use the / key to open the command list.

You can create any number of servers, and all settings are completely independent of each other. You can even create multiple servers of the same type! You can have IPV4 on one adapter while IPV6 runs on another NIC, for example. One telnet server on port 2323 and one on port 23, etc.

It's also worth taking the time to read and understand a discussion about Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

Important:

• When any of the servers are set to 'Active' it's the Mystic Internet Server (MIS) that is actually responsible for running each server instance. MIS is something you will want to have running at all times to ensure you, your users and other BBS can all connect to your Mystic BBS via the Internet.

• A quick reminder too that if you want any of the Mystic servers to be reachable from the Internet you are going to need to open and set port forwarding on your router to allow for incoming connections from the WAN to the computer running MIS within your home LAN.

In subsequent sections lets explore each server separately and look at what configuration options are available for each one.

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Mystic BBS offers a Telnet server that users of the BBS can connect to. The default port for Telnet is 23 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

You may wish to check out the Internet Related menu commands for more info about outbound Telnet connections.

The Telnet server configuration screen is displayed below.

       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Server TELNET ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
       
         Active        │ Yes
         ID            │ TELNET
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 23
         Max Allowed   │ 5
         Auto IP Ban   │ 4  in 120 secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 1
       

There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 23.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Set the maximum number of allowed connections per IP address. A setting of 0 will disable this limit.

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Mystic BBS offers a BinkP server that enables other BBS to connect to your BBS in order to send messages and other files to it. The default port for BinkP is 24554 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

The BinkP server configuration screen is displayed below.

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         Active        │ Yes                  Force CRAM-MD5 │ No
         ID            │ BINKP                Allow Unsecure │ Yes
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6            File Conflicts │ Rename
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0              Escape Mode    │ Auto
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::                   Allow StartTLS │ No
         Port          │ 24554                Download Limit │ 0
         Max Allowed   │ 3                    Upload Limit   │ 0
         Auto IP Ban   │ 0  in 0   secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Time Out      │ 30
         SSL Port      │ 0

There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 24554.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Define an inactivity timeout period in seconds. Default is 30 and does not usually need to be changed.

The Mystic BinkP server supports an SSL style server (via TLS v1.2+) which is activated by setting the SSL port value to the port you wish to use. The default SSL port for BINKP is recommended to be port 24553.

When set to a non-zero value, Mystic will automatically spawn a SSL version of the BINKP server without any other requirements other than CryptLib must be installed (as is required for all SSL-related servers).

Refuse non-MD5 authorisations from systems attempting to connect? Default is No and does not usually need to be changed.

Allow mail/files to be received from unsecured EchoMail nodes? Default is Yes.

We strongly urge you to leave this set to Yes. Doing so will allow unknown systems you do not have specified as EchoMail nodes to connect to your BinkP server and send Netmail to you. MUTIL will only toss Netmail from packets/files received and deposited in the Inbound Unsecured directory you will have specified. If you set this to No you are in effect only allowing traffic to your BinkP server from systems you have defined as known EchoMail nodes.

This setting guides the BinkP server on how to handle files being sent to it that already exist in your Inbound Echomail file path. Options are to rename or temporarily skip on filename conflicts. Default is rename. This is a good option and ensures files can be accepted even if something of the same name exists.

Mystic's BINKP server now has a default “Escape mode” option which will apply to any unknown connections that do not have a configuration in the Echomail nodes. Echomail nodes have their own individual setting for this in the node editor. This setting determines how Mystic will escape special characters in filenames and defaults to the Auto setting.

When set to Auto, Mystic will automatically try to determine the escape mode by using the VERSION frame sent by the mailer. If no version frame is found, Mystic will use FTS standard modern \x## escape mode.

When set to Legacy, Mystic will use the \## format of file escaping which is used in some legacy mailers such as Argus, Internet Rex, and older versions of Mystic.

When set to Modern, Mystic will use the \x## format which is preferred or even required by some newer mailers such as BinkD, Radius, and BinkIT.

It is highly recommended to always keep these set to AUTO unless there is a very specific reason not to. The escape mode will be logged after authentication if the loglevel is set to Verbose or higher.

Mystic's BinkP both server and client now supports Opportunistic TLS. This allows for connections on a stadard BinkP port to automatically “upgrade” to a secure TLS connection if both the client and server support it. This setting determines how your server will operate.

Possible options are:

No     : Never allow opportunistic TLS connections
Yes    : Offer to use TLS connection with clients when available
Forced : Require a secure SSL/TLS connection with client always

The Forced option will cause the BINKP server to refuse any connection that is not TLS. The client must connect via Direct SSL or on the standard port and then upgrade to TLS. All non-secure clients will be refused.

As usual these features will require that CryptLib is present and detected by Mystic.

Download speed limit (for your server when you receive files)

BINKP has the ability to limit the bandwidth used when sending or receiving files. Setting any of these values to 0 disables the limit and causes them to operate at full speed. Any non-zero value sets the maximum rate in Kilobytes (KB) to use for the connection.

Upload speed limit (for your server, when you send files)

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Mystic BBS offers a SSH server that enables users to connect using securely using SSH to your BBS. The default port for SSH is 22 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

In order to use SSH and SSL variations of servers, you will need to install Cryptlib. This is pretty basic in Linux and even easier to do in Windows because it requires simply dropping a file into the library path or root Mystic directory.

You may wish to check out the Internet Related menu commands for more info about outbound SSH connections.

The SSH server configuration screen is displayed below.

       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Server SSH ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
       
         Active        │ Yes
         ID            │ SSH
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 22
         Max Allowed   │ 5
         Auto IP Ban   │ 4  in 120 secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 1
       

There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 22.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Set the maximum number of allowed connections per IP address. A setting of 0 will disable this limit.

Mystic BBS offers a FTP server that enables users as well as other BBS to connect to your BBS in order to send and receive files / messages. The default port for FTP is 21 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

The FTP server configuration screen is displayed below.

       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Server FTP ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
       
         Active        │ Yes                  Passive Mode   │ Yes
         ID            │ FTP                  Passive Port   │ 60000
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6            Show QWK       │ Root
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0              Anonymous      │ No
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 21
         Max Allowed   │ 5
         Auto IP Ban   │ 0  in 0   secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 3
         Time Out      │ 30

There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 21.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Define an inactivity timeout period in seconds. Default is 30 and does not usually need to be changed.

Allow passive mode transfers? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Define first data port for passive FTP.

Note: If you have Max Allowed set to 10 and your start port set to 60000 then you need to open up ports 60000-60009.

Show QWK packets in listings? Options are 'Root' or 'All' or 'Hide'.

Allow anonymous logins? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'. File bases can be marked to “allow anonymous” and if so, those areas and the files within them will be available to Anonymous logins for free.

• The FTP server resolves your configured BBS domain upon start up to get both the IPV4 and IPV6 address. It will also perform this procedure every 1 hour so if a dynamic IP changes it will be detected.
• The FTP server prints if it cannot resolve domain IP on startup or when refreshing the IP addresses, and will also print the data port range the FTP server uses (which must be allowed through your firewall).
• Files uploaded by FTP import DIZ descriptions into the BBS using ANSI, Pipe, Wildcat, PCBoard, or WWIV colors, like other areas of the BBS.
• The FTP server allows files to be deleted via FTP from Mystic's file bases, if the logged in user meets the Sysop ACS requirements for that base. The server also logs when a Sysop deletes a file from a filebase via FTP.

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Mystic BBS offers a NNTP server that enables users to connect to your BBS in order to send and receive messages. The default port for NNTP is 119 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

The NNTP server configuration screen is displayed below.

       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Server NNTP ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
       
         Active        │ Yes
         ID            │ NNTP
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 119
         Max Allowed   │ 5
         Auto IP Ban   │ 0  in 0   secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 1
         Time Out      │ 30
       
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There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 119.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Set the maximum number of allowed connections per IP address. A setting of 0 will disable this limit.

Define an inactivity timeout period in seconds. Default is 30 and does not usually need to be changed.

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Mystic BBS offers a POP3 server that allows a sysop or user to configure an email client so that it can connect to the BBS in order to receive BBS email.

To clarify: BBS email is private one to one email between BBS users. It's accessed when logged in to the BBS by using the MC and MW menu commands. This email resides solely within the BBS and is not (at this point) external email that you can send via the Internet to someone else using a typical email address.

The default port for POP3 is 110 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

The POP3 server configuration screen is displayed below.

       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Server POP3 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
       
         Active        │ Yes                  Delete Retreive │ No
         ID            │ POP3
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 110
         Max Allowed   │ 8
         Auto IP Ban   │ 0  in 0   secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 1
         Time Out      │ 30
       
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There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 110.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Set the maximum number of allowed connections per IP address. A setting of 0 will disable this limit.

Define an inactivity timeout period in seconds. Default is 30 and does not usually need to be changed.

Should the server delete the email messages from the BBS after sending it to the client? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

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Mystic BBS offers a SMTP server that allows a sysop or user to configure an email client so that it can connect to the BBS in order to send BBS email.

To clarify: BBS email is private one to one email between BBS users. It's accessed when logged in to the BBS by using the MC and MW menu commands. This email resides solely within the BBS and is not (at this point) external email that you can send via the Internet to someone else using a typical email address.

The default port for SMTP is 25 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

The SMTP server configuration screen is displayed below.

       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Server SMTP ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
       
         Active        │ Yes
         ID            │ SMTP
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 25
         Max Allowed   │ 8
         Auto IP Ban   │ 0  in 0   secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 1
         Time Out      │ 30

There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 25.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Set the maximum number of allowed connections per IP address. A setting of 0 will disable this limit.

Define an inactivity timeout period in seconds. Default is 30 and does not usually need to be changed.

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Mystic BBS offers a RLOGIN server.

The default port for RLOGIN is 513 but this can be set to something different if you wish. You may wish to check out the Internet Related menu commands for more info about outbound RLOGIN connections.

The RLOGIN server configuration screen is displayed below.

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         Active        │ Yes
         ID            │ RLOGIN
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 513
         Max Allowed   │ 5
         Auto IP Ban   │ 4  in 120 secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 1
       

There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 513.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Set the maximum number of allowed connections per IP address. A setting of 0 will disable this limit.

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Mystic BBS now offers a basic HTTP server.

Here's what is known thus far as quoted in WHATSNEW.TXT

 + MIS now has a basic HTTP server.  The server can be created in the server
   editor within the configuration.  A webroot path must be defined, which
   points to a directory where your website files and configuration will
   exist.  For example, if you set webroot to c:\mystic\webroot\ then you
   will need to create two subdirectories under it (cfg and www):

      c:\mystic\webroot\cfg\
      c:\mystic\webroot\www\

   In the www folder will be where you place your website files.  The CFG
   folder will hold various configuration values for the web server in the
   future.  Note this is a very barebones server at this point only really
   capable of serving basic websites, but I intend to work on it further as
   I find time.

The default port for HTTP is 80 but this can be set to something different if you wish.

The HTTP server configuration screen is displayed below.

       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Server HTTP ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
       
         Active        │ Yes
         ID            │ HTTP
         Adapter Type  │ IPV4+IPV6
         IPV4 Adapter  │ 0.0.0.0
         IPV6 Adapter  │ ::
         Port          │ 80
         Max Allowed   │ 20
         Auto IP Ban   │ 0  in 0   secs
         Country Block │ No
         Send Blocked  │ No
         Dupe IP Limit │ 0
         Root Path     │ c:\mystic\webroot\
       
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There are a number of options available to you for configuration in this screen.

Is the server active or not? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'

Sets a protocol ID shown in the Mystic Internet Server 'status' screen. Best to leave these as default.

Use IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack? Options are IPV4, IPV6, IPV4+IPV6

Specify network interface for IPv4 adapter. Leave as 0.0.0.0 if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv4 adapters.

Specify network interface for IPv6 adapter. Leave as :: if you wish Mystic to accept ANY connection on a specified port for all IPv6 adapters.

Set which port to use for new connections on this server. Default is 80.

Set maximum concurrent connections allowed for this server. This setting is also associated with Max BBS Nodes found in the General Options section of the 'Servers' menu.

This option will automatically BAN an IP if they connect to a server more than X times in X seconds. The default recommendation is 4 connections in 120 seconds. Setting either of the values to a zero will disable this feature. Refer also to the IP Blocks + Exceptions and Edit IP Denylist and Edit IP Allowlist sections of the Wiki.

Use IP2Location country blocking? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Mystic offers country blocking using a local database the Sysop installs from the Internet. Read more about this feature in the Edit Country Blocking section of the Wiki.

Send BLOCKED message to client when blocked? Options are 'Yes' or 'No'.

Set the maximum number of allowed connections per IP address. A setting of 0 will disable this limit.

Set the root path for the location of HTML and config files to be used.

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