Subj : BBS under linux
To   : Vince Coen
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Tue Jul 15 2003 06:29 pm

Hello Vince.

14 Jul 03 12:03, you wrote to me:

 RT>>>> BinkleyTerm XE keeps the comport for it's exclusive use, and
 RT>>>> wioth only two comports available for  use, well that is not a
 RT>>>> good, use of resources from my point of view.  :-)

 BS>>> Yeah we talked about that, but there should be somekind of
 BS>>> suspend option in BTXE. But binkleyterm is the only mailer i'm
 BS>>> feeling safe about, so i'll use it :-)

 RT>> Well, it seems that it is the only one that will work with
 RT>> Maximus for Linux/FreeBSD, so on my Maximus system, I will also
 RT>> use it. <grin>

 VC> Not sure what your problem is based on the above but,... Binkleyterm
 VC> will pass to the bbs the comport used and thereafter the bbs takes
 VC> over the com port until finished when it is passed back to binkley.

No problem, as such, just that Binkley Term controling the "Com Port" is not 
as flexable or convient to use as mgetty/getty_ps and mbcico/ifcico. For the 
most part, call it personal preferance if you must. :-)

 VC> If you need to use the com port for other purposes such as Fax then
 VC> you need to set that up within the binkley config file.

Fax, I seldom use, but PPP is something I use a lot.

Russell

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