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    From Dumas Walker@1:2320/105 to ALAN IANSON on Saturday, May 02, 2020 10:45:00
    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.

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

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

    Mike


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Dumas Walker on Saturday, May 02, 2020 14:52:42
    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.

    Is this hatched as an executable, or do you have to be able to compile
    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.

    I have been using IREX for this but the daemon mode eats a lot of resources and slows the BBS down. Would like to try to get away from 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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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Dumas Walker on Saturday, May 02, 2020 19:23:05
    Re: OS/2 version
    By: Dumas Walker to ALAN IANSON on Sat May 02 2020 10:45:00


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

    getting away from IREX is a GoodThing<tm> in any case... it isn't supported, has numerous documented bugs, and has some defect with its binkp1.1 support that other binkp mailers have to work around...


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  • From Don Lowery@1:340/1000 to Alan Ianson on Saturday, May 02, 2020 21:55:02
    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.
    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.

    I would like a link for it.

    Thank you!

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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to mark lewis on Sunday, May 03, 2020 09:32:24
    Hello mark,

    On Saturday May 02 2020 19:23, you wrote to Dumas Walker:

    getting away from IREX is a GoodThing<tm> in any case... it isn't supported, has numerous documented bugs, and has some defect with its binkp1.1 support that other binkp mailers have to work around...

    Plus that it doesn't do IPv6 and in all likehood never will. Binkd supports IPv6 from version 1.00 up and for me that was the deciding factor in parting with Irex and converting my system from AMA to BSO now well over half a decade ago.


    Cheers, Michiel

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