Thanks for the info. Yes I used another port number instead of 23 and everything started working. I'm not sure if my ISP was blocking port 23 because I was testing it from PortChecker.co and had it open but kept saying
it was closed. As soon as I opened the port I'm now using it connected. Spaul
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: FullSys BBS (21:3/147)
Who is your ISP?
... Where there is @FROM@, there are Taglines.
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* Origin: Omicron Theta * Southaven MS * winserver.org (21:2/136)