Subj : Re: Not find zone 1, 3 and 4
To   : Jay Harris
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Jul 14 2026 10:29 pm

Hi Jay,

On 2026-07-14 15:20:42, you wrote to me:

 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 *

 JH> Seems to work here, thanks!

 JH> Before:

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

 JH> After:

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

Cool! Thanks for testing this.

Although it introduces some other log lines... But you can hide those with 
nolog option. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

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