Subj : MO Sys To : Bob Jones From : Gord Hannah Date : Tue Oct 23 2001 11:39 am * Reply to a message in RGN17-ADMIN. Replying to a message from Bob Jones 1:343/41 to Gord Hannah, About MO Sys, On Mon Oct 22 2001 BJ> IRex, which protocols are being used? [FTP, Telnet, BinkP, etc.] GH> IRex via ftp. BJ> Ok. Two comments.... (1) From my perspective fidonet mail via FTP BJ> protocol is a kludge. You can loose mail packets if your scripts, BJ> software and your uplink's scripts don't properly compensate for BJ> file naming issues within fidonet. (2) What ever script you are BJ> using to make the FTP connection, when it exits, you should test for BJ> received mail and at that point spawn or startup your squish BJ> processing. Ok sounds fair enough. BJ> And when you say binkley "exits to do the mail run", is binkley BJ> exiting to bring up your TCP/IP connection, use IRex to transfer BJ> fidonet packets, and then recycle back to binkley when done, or is BJ> binkley exiting because it directly received mail? From the above, BJ> it sounds like the first, not the second, that you are trying to get GH> First is correct. BJ> Ok. When the FTP session from IREX to your uplink finishes, does BJ> IREX exit? Once IREX exits, does InJoy exit automatically (i.e. BJ> shuts down the modem connection and exits allowing the command file BJ> that started InJoy to contine)? If so, then it is fairly easy to Yes it does the connection is broken with killjoy via cron, then bink can take over. BJ> If IREX and INJOY are properly exiting, after InJoy exits and you BJ> restart Binkley, you can add a test in your .CMD script similar to BJ> the following as a single line: As my setup exists now all works as advertised, I have used this combination for just about 1 year now with no failures. Hope this helps. Keep us posted. We are a fine board trying to make it better. http://www.pris.bc.ca/ghannah ghannah@pris.bc.ca Cheers! Gord -=Team OS/2=- --- timEd/2 1.10.y2k+ * Origin: Marsh BBS (c) [Dawson Creek BC Canada] 1-250-786-7921 (1:17/23.1) .