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  • How to unscrew my binkd/echocfg setup

    From Nelgin@1:103/705 to All on Thu Dec 24 02:27:50 2020
    I've been trying to setup my system "properly" using help from several people and seem to have a problem.

    domain fidonet /sbbs/fido/out/fidonet 1
    domain advnet /sbbs/fido/out/advnet 1
    domain agoranet /sbbs/fido/out/agoranet 1
    domain amiganet /sbbs/fido/out/amiganet 1

    I was advised to setup separate outboxes for each network I'm part of and was told to use zone 1 for all of them. Easy enough.

    I did the same in echocfg, however I discovered that binkd tagged a hex number to the end.

    bbs@bbs:/sbbs/fido/out$ ls -l|egrep "fidonet|adv|agora|amiga"
    drwxr-xr-x 2 bbs bbs 4096 Dec 24 02:19 advnet.021
    drwxr-xr-x 2 bbs bbs 4096 Dec 24 02:24 agoranet.02e
    drwxr-xr-x 2 bbs bbs 4096 Dec 24 02:03 amiganet.027
    drwxr-xr-x 3 bbs bbs 4096 Dec 24 02:24 fidonet
    drwxr-xr-x 2 bbs bbs 4096 Dec 24 02:19 fidonet.002

    So I changed my echocfg to use those directories.

    I created an outgoing test message for agoranet and it wrote the file into the agoranet.02e directory.

    bbs@bbs:/sbbs/fido/out$ ls -l agoranet.02e/
    total 8
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 bbs bbs 16 Dec 24 02:20 00010064.try
    -rw------- 1 bbs bbs 562 Dec 24 01:51 5fe44867.pkt


    However if I have binkd make a call to the hub, nothing gets sent.

    Here's the sbbsecho.ini file for that zone.

    [node:46:ALL]
    Name =
    Comment = Agoranet
    Archive = None
    PacketType = 2+
    PacketPwd =
    AreaFix = false
    AreaFixPwd =
    SessionPwd =
    TicFilePwd =
    Inbox =
    Outbox =
    Passive = false
    Direct = false
    Notify = false
    Keys =
    Status = Normal
    GroupHub =
    BinkpHost =
    BinkpPort = 24554
    BinkpPoll = false
    BinkpPlainAuthOnly = false
    BinkpAllowPlainAuth = false
    BinkpAllowPlainText = false
    BinkpTLS = false
    BinkpSourceAddress =

    [node:46:1/100]
    Name =
    Comment = Agoranet
    Archive = None
    PacketType = 2+
    PacketPwd =
    AreaFix = true
    AreaFixPwd = xxx
    SessionPwd = xxx
    TicFilePwd = xxx
    Inbox =
    Outbox = /sbbs/fido/out/agoranet.02e
    Passive = false
    Direct = false
    Notify = false
    Keys =
    Status = Normal
    GroupHub =
    BinkpHost =
    BinkpPort = 24554
    BinkpPoll = false
    BinkpPlainAuthOnly = false
    BinkpAllowPlainAuth = false
    BinkpAllowPlainText = false
    BinkpTLS = false
    BinkpSourceAddress =


    So, what have I missed? Why wouldn't binkd pickup the .pkt file?

    Thanks,
    Nigel

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Nelgin on Thu Dec 24 01:49:02 2020
    Re: How to unscrew my binkd/echocfg setup
    By: Nelgin to All on Thu Dec 24 2020 02:27 am

    I've been trying to setup my system "properly" using help from several people and seem to have a problem.

    domain fidonet /sbbs/fido/out/fidonet 1
    domain advnet /sbbs/fido/out/advnet 1
    domain agoranet /sbbs/fido/out/agoranet 1
    domain amiganet /sbbs/fido/out/amiganet 1

    I was advised to setup separate outboxes for each network I'm part of and was told to use zone 1 for all of them. Easy enough.

    I'm pretty sure outboxes (oboxes) are specified on the "node" lines in your binkd.cfg file, not on the "domain" line.

    I did the same in echocfg, however I discovered that binkd tagged a hex number to the end.

    Which tells you that it's not treating the path as an outbox but rather as a Binkley Style Outbound (BSO) and following those directory naming rules.
    --
    digital man

    This Is Spinal Tap quote #17:
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  • From Nelgin@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu Dec 24 03:59:06 2020
    Re: How to unscrew my binkd/echocfg setup
    By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Thu Dec 24 2020 01:49:03

    I'm pretty sure outboxes (oboxes) are specified on the "node" lines in your binkd.cfg file, not on the "domain" line.


    Maybe outbox was the wrong word to use. Directory for outoging files. I forgot that binkd has a different terminology meaning for "outbox".

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Nelgin on Thu Dec 24 02:36:00 2020
    Re: How to unscrew my binkd/echocfg setup
    By: Nelgin to Digital Man on Thu Dec 24 2020 03:59 am

    Re: How to unscrew my binkd/echocfg setup
    By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Thu Dec 24 2020 01:49:03

    I'm pretty sure outboxes (oboxes) are specified on the "node" lines in your binkd.cfg file, not on the "domain" line.


    Maybe outbox was the wrong word to use. Directory for outoging files. I forgot that binkd has a different terminology meaning for "outbox".

    SBBSecho's meaning of outbox is the same as Binkd's - it's an alternative way to send files to a link, outside or in-addition-to the normal BSO/FLO scheme.
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Nelgin on Thu Dec 24 11:58:18 2020
    Hi Nelgin,

    On 2020-12-24 02:27:50, you wrote to All:

    I've been trying to setup my system "properly" using help from several people and seem to have a problem.

    domain fidonet /sbbs/fido/out/fidonet 1
    domain advnet /sbbs/fido/out/advnet 1
    domain agoranet /sbbs/fido/out/agoranet 1
    domain amiganet /sbbs/fido/out/amiganet 1

    I was advised to setup separate outboxes for each network I'm part of and was told to use zone 1 for all of them. Easy enough.

    That's bad advice! Don't listen to those people anymore! ;-)

    Use the following if your tosser doesn't support 5D BSO (and I don't think sbbsecho does):

    domain fidonet /sbbs/fido/out 1
    domain advnet /sbbs/fido/out 1
    domain agoranet /sbbs/fido/out 1
    domain amiganet /sbbs/fido/out 1

    See paragraph 22 of the binkd faq:

    https://github.com/pgul/binkd/blob/master/binkdfaq-en.txt


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Nelgin@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu Dec 24 14:27:36 2020
    Wilfred wrote:
    Hi Nelgin,

    On 2020-12-24 02:27:50, you wrote to All:

    I've been trying to setup my system "properly" using help from several people and seem to have a problem.

    domain fidonet /sbbs/fido/out/fidonet 1
    domain advnet /sbbs/fido/out/advnet 1
    domain agoranet /sbbs/fido/out/agoranet 1
    domain amiganet /sbbs/fido/out/amiganet 1

    I was advised to setup separate outboxes for each network I'm part of and
    was told to use zone 1 for all of them. Easy enough.

    That's bad advice! Don't listen to those people anymore! ;-)

    Use the following if your tosser doesn't support 5D BSO (and I don't think sbbsecho does):

    domain fidonet /sbbs/fido/out 1
    domain advnet /sbbs/fido/out 1
    domain agoranet /sbbs/fido/out 1
    domain amiganet /sbbs/fido/out 1

    See paragraph 22 of the binkd faq:

    https://github.com/pgul/binkd/blob/master/binkdfaq-en.txt

    I think my issues have been resolved. Thanks all.

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