I wrote a basic subscription list generation utility for WWIVnet BBSes in C++, with AutoSend as inspiration. Here's a sample screenshot.
There are a lot of interesting tools you can make for your BBS if you look hard enough. They can be old tools that no longer work with the new BBS, or new tools.
I've essentially finished the /subslist option for my WWIV AutoSend rewrite. I'm currently tackling the Yellow Pages posting of subs hosted here. Not gonna lie, the original WWIV AutoSend by Cris McRae was a comprehensive tool with so many details covering different aspects of automated Sub management, I am gonna try my best to make my ground-up re-implementation as close to it as I can make it.
Someone asked me why I still bother writing tools for BBS software that hardly anyone uses anymore. I just smiled and told them that I still use it, so the tool is mainly for me. But the truth is that there are more than a few others who still use old software like this because they like continuing to use old software. There are countless others who use old computers because they find old computers fun.
Another sample screen from the new WWIV5 AutoSend. Here is a subscription list for one of the Subs hosted on my BBS.
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