Subj : OS/2 version
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sat May 02 2020 02:52 pm

Hello Dumas,

 >> File traffic is not like message traffic, you will only get new files
 >> when one of the FDN hatches out new files. There was a new Binkd
 >> hatched for the OS/2 version of binkd recently.

 DW> Is this hatched as an executable, or do you have to be able to compile
 DW> it on the OS/2 box?

It is an OS/2 executible with a sample binkd.cfg and libbz2.dll.

It's requestable from here as BINKD104.ZIP. I don't have an OS/2 setup so I haven't tried it.

 DW> I have been using IREX for this but the daemon mode eats a lot of
 DW> resources and slows the BBS down.  Would like to try to get away from
 DW> using it.

It's been a long time since I ran OS/2 but even then binkd was my mailer of choice. :)

That file arrived here in the GFD.FTN.MAIL area in the GFD (German File Distribution) FDN. There are many areas in that FDN for all types of files for OS/2 and is active.

That is a Fidonet FDN but it's not on the Filegate. If you (or anyone) would like to link for that (or other file/mail areas) we can do that.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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