Subj : defnode
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Aug 19 2016 03:20 pm


18 Aug 16 23:58, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

 AI>> I've got something wrong here that only shows itself when I add
 AI>> "defnode *" to my binkd.conf. Instead of polling 1:2320/100@fidonet
 AI>> (for example) it tries to poll 1:2320/100@agoranet and that fails
 AI>> because that node doesn't have such an aka. It does the same for the
 AI>> other zones I have here also.

 AI>> binkp.net does work here as expected.

 KE>  You will have to reajust your expectations.

agreed...

 KE>  The following line should be in your config file.

 KE> -------------------------------
 KE> #
 KE> # Overrides root domain for DNS lookups, see `node' below.
 KE> #
 KE> root-domain binkp.net
 KE> -----------------

this is *best* done with the new format... especially for those in multiple FTN 
networks... the new format is

domain fidonet /ftn/outbound/fidonet 1    binkp.net
domain foobarz /ftn/outbound/foobarz 1234 foobarz.net
domain barfood /ftn/outbound/barfood 321  barfood.org

where binkp.net, foobarz.net and barfood.org are the domains to use for the 
f.n.z conversion DNS lookups... and leave out the "root-domain" line 
completely...

NOTE1: the above examples are for 5D BSO... use the proper directory format for 
your BSO directories and just add the DNS lookup domain on the end... othernets 
that actually have a f.n.z DNS lookup service will be able to tell their 
members what domain to use for their f.n.z DNS lookups...

NOTE2: in the above example, binkp.net is the only valid and actually existing 
service... the others are pure examples...

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