Subj : Re: Binkd
To   : Al
From : Blue White
Date : Mon Jun 01 2020 16:43:59

-=> Al wrote to Blue White <=-

 Al> I read you comment about that before and I just questioned it since
 Al> that was not my experience when I ran Max/Squish/BT on OS/2. Of course
 Al> that was 20 odd years ago. Your squish seems to be working as a 5D
 Al> tosser?

I don't think it is, but I also don't think that binkd cares.  All three
programs -- binkd, squish, and binkleyterm -- seem to be using the zone
number to handle the directory structure and seems to work fine that way.

 Al> Just out of curiosity can you post your domain ... lines that you are
 Al> using with binkd?

domain fidonet E:\\FIDO\\OUT 1
domain scinet E:\\FIDO\\OUT 77
domain micronet E:\\FIDO\\OUT 618

 Al> Also your outbound directory structure for fidonet and fsxnet? In my
 Al> Mystic setup fidonet in my default zone so I have outbound that looks
 Al> like this..

 Al> /mystic/echomail/out
 Al> /mystic/echomail/fsxnet.015

I am actually using QWK for FSXnet on that board, but here is what it looks
like otherwise:

E:\FIDO\OUT = fidonet
E:\FIDO\OUT.04d = scinet
E:\FIDO\OUT.26a = micronet

Now that structure already existed... either squish or binkleyterm created
those.  But binkd picks up mail from those directories and delivers it to
the proper nodes in the proper zones.  I have a dial-in Z1 node that
interacts with BT and his mail moves out of here fine.  Meanwhile, I have a
Z618 node, as well as my other Z1 node and my Z77 node, that interact via
binkd and the mail moves to those nodes OK.

So they all work together.

 Al> I had always though that outbound directories in a 5D setup would not
 Al> have the .???, .015 in the case of fsxnet. Do yours have them also.

Yes, but they are all added to what I have set up in SQUISH.CFG as the
PRIMARY outbound:

; When not using 'ArcmailAttach', the Outbound keyword tells Squish where
; to find your Binkley-style outbound area.  This should always be the
; name of your PRIMARY outbound area, without an extension.  Squish
; will dynamically create outbound areas as necessary for other zones,
; so only the primary directory name is required.

Outbound        E:\FIDO\OUT

So it uses the zone numbers and creates the \OUT.??? for all the other
zones.  Telling binkd to use E:\\FIDO\\OUT ??? tells it to look in the
OUT.??? directories (apparently), and telling BT the following tells it to
do the same:

Hold      E:\FIDO\OUT\

I don't know why but it all works, and I know if I tell binkd to use '1'
for every zone number, it will not work at all here.



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