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  • How to handle email?

    From Greyhawk@21:2/166 to All on Sat Jan 3 14:50:58 2026
    So, I'm running Mystic v1.12 a48 on a Win10-32bit VM. I think I've got most of it running well and consistant. At this point, I am interested in doing some sort of auto-validation via sending a code to the on-record email address and having it validated.

    I see in the menu choices a "-V Validate e-mail address" command. The instructions I've gathered area little vague about its use, but from what I gather, when selected, the board will email the user at the address given at login and they respond with the code given. Sounds simple enough.

    - Now, how would I go about setting up the BBS software to use an email address?
    - Do I need to run/host an email server or can I run it through gmail/proton?

    - What would be the procedure to do that?
    - Where does the code get entered back into on the board?
    - Is there a MPL or door that handles this better than the internal routines?

    So, how are y'all handling this on Mystic? My last attempt at this was some 32 years ago and I had a door that dialed back the user and they had to answer it and type in their login info. It worked back then, but was cumbersome for some less technically inclined users.

    Thanks for any insights.
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