Subj : Re: Fidonet - sbbsecho looks good... binkit timed events don't do anyth
To   : Digital Man
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Jul 10 2024 12:23:27

Hi Digital,

On 2024-07-09 15:35:13, you wrote to smooth0401:

 >> I guess that makes sense... that was what the other user was
 >> experiencing
 >> with this same hub a while back. (he was the one that got binkd to work
 >> because of the aliases where binkit can't do that?)
 >>
 >> I'll reach out to Michael and see what he can do.  If not, maybe I can try
 >> to get the binkd method working if you think that might be worth trying.
 >>
 >> Thanks for all the info!

 DM> FTN domains are by definition a maximum of 8 characters in length, so
 DM> "fidonet.org" clearly is an invalid FTN domain. And it's just wrong anyway.
 DM> The hub should fix that.

You're probably right. ;-)

But in the default configuration for binkd there is this section:

#  Aliases to support known DNS domain zones
#  (some people mix up the terms "FTN domain" and "DNS internet domain")
domain fidonet.org alias-for fidonet
domain fidonet.net alias-for fidonet

So if binkit can do something similar, you can still make connections work when others make mistakes.


Bye, Wilfred.

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