Subj : Re: Not find zone 1, 3 and 4
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Jay Harris
Date : Tue Jul 14 2026 03:20 pm

On 14 Jul 2026, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...

 Wv> It's a bit of trick, but the following might work. (Not tested)
 Wv> 
 Wv> Add these lines to your binkd config file:
 Wv> 
 Wv> address 1:999/999.999@fidonet 3:999/999.999@fidonet 4:999/999.999@fidonet
 Wv> 
 Wv> hide-aka 1:999/999.999@fidonet *
 Wv> hide-aka 3:999/999.999@fidonet *
 Wv> hide-aka 4:999/999.999@fidonet *

Seems to work here, thanks!

Before:

$ binkd -p -P 2:221/6 /usr/local/etc/binkd.conf
  15:11 [86152] BEGIN, binkd/1.1a-115/Linux -p -P 2:221/6 
/usr/local/etc/binkd.conf
? 15:11 [86152] Cannot find domain for zone 2, assuming 'fidonet'
  15:11 [86152] creating a poll for 2:221/6@fidonet (`d' flavour)
  15:11 [86152] clientmgr started
$ -d 2:221/6@fidonet
+ 15:11 [86153] call to 2:221/6@fidonet
  15:11 [86153] trying news.fidonet.fi [51.38.115.207]...
  15:11 [86153] connected
+ 15:11 [86153] outgoing session with news.fidonet.fi:24554 [51.38.115.207]
[...]

After:

$ binkd -p -P 2:221/6 /usr/local/etc/binkd.conf
  15:15 [86220] BEGIN, binkd/1.1a-115/Linux -p -P 2:221/6 
/usr/local/etc/binkd.conf
  15:15 [86220] creating a poll for 2:221/6@fidonet (`d' flavour)
  15:15 [86220] clientmgr started
$ -d 2:221/6@fidonet
+ 15:15 [86221] call to 2:221/6@fidonet
  15:15 [86221] trying news.fidonet.fi [51.38.115.207]...
  15:15 [86221] connected
+ 15:15 [86221] outgoing session with news.fidonet.fi:24554 [51.38.115.207]
- 15:15 [86221] hiding aka 2:999/999.999@fidonet
- 15:15 [86221] hiding aka 3:999/999.999@fidonet
- 15:15 [86221] hiding aka 4:999/999.999@fidonet
[...]


Jay

.... If you suck at playing the trumpet, thats why

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