Subj : FidoNet Poll
To   : Plt
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Apr 12 2026 01:35 am

  Re: FidoNet Poll
  By: Plt to Digital Man on Sat Apr 11 2026 10:51 pm

 >   Re: FidoNet Poll
 >   By: Digital Man to Plt on Fri Apr 10 2026 21:17:01
 >
 >  >   Re: FidoNet Poll
 >  >   By: Plt to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 07:12 pm
 >
 >  >  > º ³Outgoing Semaphore File        ../data/binkout.now   º°°°
 >
 >  > Clear that.
 >
 >  > And here's how it got set:
 >  > load/install-binkit.js:       ini.iniSetValue(null, "OutgoingSemaphore",
 >  > "../data/binkout.now");
 >
 >  > So that explains that: you didn't set it, it's set by the the binkit
 >  > installer. Sorry about that,

 > Its no problem. If you're refering to me using Initial FidoNet Setup then I
 > only used it once to setup
 > FidoNet and I setup FSX by hand.

Yeah, that script sets that setting since "most" sysops probably want their 
mail packets to be delivered ASAP.

 >  >  DM> Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do
 >  >  DM> that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank), so while
 >  >  DM> (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes
 >  >  DM> SBBSecho export), it will not then immediately run binkit.js. If it
 >  >  DM> is, it's because Phil changed some setting.
 >
 > I am not sure here if one of them should be blank or not to use only the
 > FidoNet event to do the call out??

Right, just clear out the "Outgoing Semaphore File" in echocfg, and that'll 
achieve what you've been asking for.
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