🚀 go-pugleaf

I'd like to get the net's advice.  I'm an experienced user of DOS and OS/2,
and I play around with Linux occasionally.  For the past year, I've run a
BBS using Virtual BBS software under Windows 3.1.

The problem is that anytime a user was online, or if FrontDoor was
sending mail, the rest of my system would slow to a crawl.  Ditto if
I was using Borland C++ and someone logged in to the BBS -- both tasks
would slow horribly.  I tried Maximus/2 and BinkleyTerm OS/2 for
a while under OS/2 1.3, which seemed a lot speedier, but I had to give
up all the DOS door games my users love so much.

My question is this:  Is there a combination of OS, BBS software, and
mailer that allows all of the following?

* FidoNet netmail, echomail, and SDS (file distribution).
* Door games.  (I've only seen maybe 3 or 4 doors for OS/2, and none for
  Linux.  If I use the OS/2 versions of Binkley and Maximus, can I spawn
  a DOS door game?)
* Background mail tossing.  (I carry about 100 echo areas, and I don't want
  the system tied up for long periods of time just unpacking new mail.)
* Maximum speed -- as little effect on whatever I'm doing, and vice versa,
  as possible.
* [Optional] USENET interface.

I've come up with the following configurations which I plan to check out:
* FrontDoor/VBBS under Windows 3.1.
* BinkleyTerm OS/2 and Maximus/2 under OS/2 2.0.
* XBBS under Linux.  (Does anyone know of a Fido mailer for UNIX?  I once
  heard about a port of Binkley to UNIX, but that it was abandoned.)

Any pointers would be welcomed.  I will summarize to the net if there is
sufficient interest.

(Please note that this is not just another "What's the best BBS to run?"
question.  I've researched my options & I'm just looking for pointers,
stories, advice from BBS sysops who have had more experience, especially
with OS/2.  *Please* let's not let this degenerate into a flame war.)

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