Subj : Re: sbbsecho.cfg
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Mon Nov 06 2017 20:25:55

-=> On 01-09-15 09:20, Nicholas Boel wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

Hiya Nick...

 NB> On 09 Jan 15 09:26, Bill McGarrity wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 BM>> I'll be looking at it more this weekend.  As soon as I figure out
 BM>> how binkd uses the nodelist I'll just crash direct,

 NB>> Binkd doesn't use the raw nodelist, but someone compiles a
 NB>> binkd-readable nodelist (I-BINKD file echo?). You can basically
 NB>> just add a line your binkd.conf:

 NB>> include /path/to/i-binkd/BINKD.TXT

 NB>> Then subscribe to that file echo, and make the path match. As
 NB>> soon as the next one arrives in that directory, binkd should
 NB>> automatically restart due to a config file change (if using the
 NB>> "-C" option).

 BM> OK... I am assuming that only handles Fidonet.  What about the two
 BM> other ftn networks I belong to. There must me a way to compile all
 BM> three raw nodelists into something that binkd can read...

 NB> That's probably where the nodelist.pl and perl hooks stuff you were
 NB> recently looking at would come in. I only use BINKD.TXT, which is
 NB> Fidonet only. That seems to be the only network that people want to
 NB> make unsecure connections to. This only makes those connections secure
 NB> passwordless connections instead.

 NB> As long as you define your links you get your feeds from in those other
 NB> FTN networks in or included in your binkd.cfg, you shouldn't need any
 NB> more than that, unless of course you want to compile something like
 NB> BINKD.TXT yourself.

Sounds good.  I've made the changes and all seems good for now.  I'll work on
the other networks when I get to know perl better and see what the hell the
-var mean.

Thanks so much for all your help with this... 


Bill

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