Subj : New binkd setup Linux-Kubuntu 14.04 64b
To   : All
From : rick christian
Date : Mon Sep 12 2016 10:23 pm

FidoNet Friends:

After a very long absence, I am looking to return to FidoNet.

Long story short, I operated 1:129/220 for the better part of about 10-12 years 
give or take...

I've selected up binkd, GoldED, crashmail, and TinyTIC to do the work... From 
my past setup I was a FD person along with FMail & GoldED and GIGO.

My setup is exclusively Linux, specifically I use KUbuntu's from all the way 
back to like 10 something to 14.04 64b, (ESR's only, and 16.04 is out not an 
option for me, off topic for here.)

After several weeks of going over things I think I've got binkd setup to at 
least run, it runs in the background, and appears to if I force  a poll 
(probably wrong method), it connects with what would be my network hub in my 
area now, 1:135/0.

I am having some issues with wrapping around some of the finer points of the 
setup for binkd, crashmail, to start.

I've looked at various hodgepodges of configs for various setups to piece 
together something....

I get that binkd just runs, and if setup will scan the outbound based on the 
settings.

What I am not sure about is the finer points of its config

Namely:

1) Setting up routing

2) Auto operation for outbound, correct?
call-delay 60
rescan-delay 60

Will cause binkd to look in the outbound dir for stuff to send every 60 
seconds, correct?

If you want to take a look at the config, you can look at it here:

http://www.tampascanner.info/fido/binkd.cfg
http://www.tampascanner.info/fido/crashmail.prefs

Where obviously once I get a node number, 1:135/999 would be replaced by my 
correct one.

3) Is ARC compression still needed???? unar or FreeArc?

4) Nodelist processors for the nodediff?


Is there a crashmail echo anymore??? Since I have been graciously allowed to 
use a JamNNTPD server to get to echos right now, I am not seeing it listed..

I could use some help on getting this tied to binkd, crashmail, TinyTIC and 
GoldED... I think if I can get some pointers on the configs, some HOWTO's, 
tutorials etc. I would be grateful to any pointers and help on this, including 
better echos, ie: Linux, Linux_UBUNTU etc...

Thanks.

Rick FUTURE 1:135/xxx

 
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