Subj : Polling With MBSE
To   : All
From : Dave Vandermeer
Date : Sat Aug 25 2018 09:59:27

Just a quick question.. How do you make MBSE actually poll out.. I'm using the
correct mbout commandline but all it does is create the poll, but never
actually makes the network call... 

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mbse@ghostrider:~/log$ mbout p f426.n229.z1.fidonet.org

MBOUT: MBSE BBS 1.0.7.3 Outbound Manager
       Copyright (C) 1997-2017 MBSE Development Team, All Rights Reserved

Created poll for 1:229/426@fidonet

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and the logs

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mbse@ghostrider:~/log$ cat system.log
  25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbout[4003]
  25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbout[4003] MBOUT v1.0.7.3
  25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbout[4003] Command line: mbout p
f426.n229.z1.fidonet.org
+ 25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbout[4003] getnlent: 1:229/426@fidonet system name
override with bbs.darkrealms.ca
+ 25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbout[4003] Created poll for 1:229/426@fidonet
  25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbout[4003] MBOUT finished in  0.00s

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and the task log

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mbse@ghostrider:~/log$ cat mbtask.log
p 25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbtask[2568] last message repeated 5 times
- 25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbtask[2568] Registered client pgm "mbout", pid 4003,
slot 2, mailers 0, TCP/IP 0
- 25-Aug-2018 09:56:00 mbtask[2568] Unregistered client pgm "mbout", pid 4003,
slot 2, mailers 0, TCP/IP 0
+ 25-Aug-2018 09:56:20 mbtask[2568] Scanning outbound at 13:56 UTC.
+ 25-Aug-2018 09:56:20 mbtask[2568] getnlent: 1:229/426@fidonet system name
override with bbs.darkrealms.ca
+ 25-Aug-2018 09:56:20 mbtask[2568] Flavor Out        Size    Online    Modem  
   ISDN   TCP/IP Calls Status  Mode    Address
+ 25-Aug-2018 09:56:20 mbtask[2568] .....P ...C ..       0  00000001 00000000
00000000 00000004     0 Ok      Inet    1:229/426
+ 25-Aug-2018 09:56:20 mbtask[2568] Systems to call: Inet=1, ISDN=0, POTS=0,
Next event at 00:00 UTC

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The poll sits there forever until I tell mbut to end it, but it never actually
makes the call.. I have to force it to call using mbcico .. or is this how its
supposed to be done?

mbcico -a bbs.darkrealms.ca:24554 -t ibn f426.n229.z1.fidonet.org

....

I'm at a loss.. if you have to manually tell it to poll that kind of refutes
the point of using mbout lol
        
                                                                              

    Greetings, Dave Vandermeer

.... "Luke... Luke... Use the MOUSE, Luke" - Obi Wan Gates

--- MBSE BBS v1.0.7.3 (GNU/Linux-ARM)
 * Origin: Internal Dimension [telnet://idbbs.dlinkddns.com] (1:229/275)

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