Subj : Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
To   : Gamgee
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Mar 10 2025 20:42:23

  Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
  By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Mon Mar 10 2025 07:56 pm

 >   Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
 >   By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Sun Mar 09 2025 09:20 am
 >
 >  > Another quick followup to this...  Again there is no prefix for the file
 >  > library, and I did use an exact filename, with no change.
 >
 >  > I also tried using the OS-level directory path instead of the Internal
 >  > Code, and that didn't work.
 >
 >  > Below is a log snip of what I see in sbbs.log when the FREQ comes in.
 >  > The entries before and after this snip are just the session start/stop
 >  > messages, no other useful information is seen.  I also snipped the
 >  > timestamp at the beginning of each line for readability:
 >
 >  > srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
 >  > srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
 >  > srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req
 >  > srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
 >  > srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
 >  > srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req
 >
 >  > It is interesting that there are *TWO* .req messages sent with each try,
 >  > not sure why that is.  I did try another experiment though - I FREQ'd a
 >  > file from a non-SBBS system, and it also sent two .req's to that system,
 >  > but I got back the file I requested, and two netmail replies with the
 >  > file information.
 >
 >  > What I notice about the log info above is that there is no "recognition"
 >  > by BinkIT that there is a request being made.  No error message like
 >  > "file not found" or anything else.  Just what you see above.  It's like
 >  > the FREQ function is not enabled in BinkIT or something.
 >
 >  > Hopefully this gives some clues about what might be happening.  Also,
 >  > just for completeness, on the requesting system I have tried sending to
 >  > "freq@<address>" and to "sysop@<address>" with no difference (probably
 >  > doesn't matter who it's addressed to).  Also have used "FR: ALLFILES" and
 >  > "FR:ALLFILES" on the subject line, with no difference.
 >
 > Digital Man, any more thoughts on this?

Nope. I start added some log() statements to binkit.js to find out what's happening.

 > It seems like BinkIT is not
 > recognizing that there is an inbound ".req" netmail, and doesn't trigger the
 > FreqIT function.
 >
 > I looked at freqit.js and see that it "loads" fidocfg.js and
 > freqit_common.js. That second one requires filebase.js, and in that last one
 > I see a comment reference regarding an "unnecessary shim for the new
 > Filebase class".  Just a wild guess, but did the new 3.20 filebase break
 > something?

Doubt it.
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