Subj : FReqs
To   : Fred Riccio
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Tue May 23 2017 08:18 am

Hi! Fred,

On 05/22/2017 10:04 PM, you wrote:

 FR>>>> Can Mystic execute a DOS command when it receives a *.req file?

 BR>>> Yes

 PQ>> That's not really even an option.  It's no good if Mystic drops
 PQ>> carrier on a current session.  Working in absentia from the calling
 PQ>> node isn't what FREQ-ing is all about, as you know.

 FR> I'm not following you here.  Are you saying than Mystic *can* do it, but
 FR> only after the BinkP session ends?  I guess what I should have asked is
 FR> if Mystic can do it asynchronously, or in another thread.

Oh, dear.  No.  Maybe.

 PQ>> Ben & company need to press for SRIF support in Mystic when a FREQ
 PQ>> transaction is attempted.  It's relatively simple for software
 PQ>> maintainers to implement... in my simplistic view of the universe.
 PQ>> ;-)

 FR> Or native support of FREQs.  Back in the olden days the more popular
 FR> mailers had FREQ built in.  No SRIF or add-on processors needed.  It was
 FR> the newer developers who dropped support for it.

On my main node I've run FrontDoor, BinkleyTerm and Argus/Radius.  I know this.

 FR>>>> Does Mystic truely support BinkP 1.1 or does it just fake it?
 BR>>> 1.1a-89 it says :)

 PQ>> A session with Ben's system reports...
 PQ>> : 21-May-2017 15:35:38     Mailer : Mystic/1.12A33 binkp/1.0

 FR> So Ben needs to upgrade from A33 to A89 in order to get File requests to
 FR> work?

Look closely.  Apples & oranges.

 FR> Unless...  The BinkP/1.0 optional extension "multiple batch mode"
 FR> (FSP-1021.001 / FRL-1018.001) was implemented by Mystic.  I highly doubt
 FR> this because I havent seen his Mystic send "OPT MB" in any session we
 FR> have had, but it *does* appear with his (and others' systems) IREX 2.29
 FR> mailer.

Mmm... fascinating.  Mystic doesn't even report local system time.

Cheers,
Paul.

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