Subj : hpt + binkd direct messages to different zone
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Javier Sturman
Date : Thu Sep 25 2025 09:04 am


   Hello Tommi!

25 Sep 25 07:10, you wrote to me:

At first I had it uncommented but binkd tried to contact sometimes to invented hosts mixing for example a zone for fidonet and the hub for fsxnet. Then I commented it out.
Now I enabled it again, this are the created directories still no outgoing connection initiated.


---hpt scan/pack log---
1 09:01:57  Scanning area: fsx_gen
1 09:01:57  Scanning area: fsx_gaming
1 09:01:57  Scanning area: fsx_tst
1 09:01:57  Scanning area: fsx_retro
1 09:01:57  Scanning area: fidosoft.husky
1 09:01:57  Start packing...
1 09:01:57  EchoTossLogFile not found -> Scanning all areas
1 09:01:57  Scanning NetmailArea NETMAIL
7 09:01:57  Msg packed with flavour 'direct': 4:900/733 -> 2:221/1.58
1 09:01:57  End
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fido:/var/spool/ftn$ ls -ald outb.002/00dd0001.pnt/
drwxr-xr-x  3 fido fido 4 Sep 25 09:01 outb.002/00dd0001.pnt/
fido:/var/spool/ftn$ ls -ald outb.002
drwxr-xr-x  5 fido fido 7 Sep 25 01:06 outb.002
fido:/var/spool/ftn$ ls -ald outb.002/*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 fido fido 6317 Sep 24 00:30 outb.002/00dd0001.cut
drwxr-xr-x  3 fido fido    4 Sep 25 09:01 outb.002/00dd0001.pnt
drwxr-xr-x  2 fido fido    2 Sep 19 13:31 outb.002/00dd0001.sep
-rw-------  1 fido fido  392 Sep 22 15:47 outb.002/00dd0168.cut
drwxr-xr-x  2 fido fido    2 Sep 22 15:47 outb.002/00dd0168.sep
fido:/var/spool/ftn$ ls -ald outb.002/00dd0001.pnt/*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 fido fido 3458 Sep 25 09:01 outb.002/00dd0001.pnt/0000003a.dut
drwxr-xr-x  2 fido fido    2 Sep 19 13:25 outb.002/00dd0001.pnt/0000003a.sep

 TK> Hi Javier.

 TK> 24 Sep 25 21:17, you wrote to me:

 JS>> I changed it to binkp.net

 JS>> #
 JS>> domain fidonet /var/spool/ftn/outb 4 binkp.net

 JS>> Still doesn't send messages to other zones.

 TK> How is your defnode setting?

 TK> # Default node flags. Binkd will call an unlisted node if "defnode"
 TK> defined. defnode -nr *

 TK> 'Tommi

 TK> ---
 TK>  * Origin: nntps://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/1)

Javier


--- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20170303-b20170303 + HPT 1.9.0 + Binkd 1.1a-115
 * Origin: FIDONODO DE JAS | ¯\_(O,O)_/¯ (4:900/733)

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