Subj : DAEMON MODE
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sat Apr 19 2014 12:38:08

Hello Daryl,

On 19 Apr 14 11:21, Daryl Stout wrote to ALL:

 DS>   I have IREX set to daemon mode, and to allow "unlisted systems" to
 DS> connect.

 DS>   However, I'm getting reports of several who try to connect via
 DS> BinkP, and they're getting a "connection refused" message.

 DS>   Am I missing something?? Or should I just have my nodelist entries
 DS> entry of CM changed to MO??

If they're coming to you with the reports, ask them what binkp service they're 
using. There was just discussion in the MBSE echo of mbcico having to have an 
option set to force a link into binkp v1.0 mode for Irex connections otherwise 
there's errors. I think the same kind of stuff happens once in awhile using 
binkd to connect with Irex systems as well, but noone has pinpointed the real 
problem there.

I move quite a bit of mail here, and use binkd. I've noticed that when I use 
the '-nd' option (no dupe mode) it tends to have iffy results with Irex 
connections. Instead, I disable that option and use the '-nr' option 
(non-reliable link) instead. Tends to work a lot better after I do that.

I know it's not hard evidence, but hopefully that may help you in where to 
continue on with this. It has been reported and proven that Irex reports the 
wrong version of the binkp protocol, and other mailers have to adjust for that. 
While development on Irex has stopped (meaning it will probably never be 
"fixed", other mailers have taken that into consideration and worked around it, 
though sometimes specific options have to be set in the other mailer.

Regards,
Nick

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