Hello, All!

I am trying to use the DBRIDGE - BINKD combination to my BBS under Ubuntu.
When polling the main node no problem; packets are prepared for the points but when the points call they upload the mail but don't pick up anything?

The binkd configuation of the point is:

node 2:335/370.1 - PASSWORD i /home/vdesktop/DOS/DB/QUEUE/N-POINT.001

What's wrong?


Best Regards, Pasquale

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On 13 Feb 21 19:35:44, Pasquale Monti said the following to All:

I am trying to use the DBRIDGE - BINKD combination to my BBS under Ubuntu. When polling the main node no problem; packets are prepared for the points when the points call they upload the mail but don't pick up anything?

I would need some more info... I don't understand what you mean by polling the "main node".

Points may only be defined off of the primary address and it is not possible to directly exchange mail with points of another system.

Nick

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Nick,

Points may only be defined off of the primary address and it is not possible to directly exchange mail with points of another system.

Stranger things have happened in Fidonet...

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Hi Nick,

On 2021-02-13 22:41:57, you wrote to Pasquale Monti:

... and it is not possible to directly exchange mail with points of another system.

Why not? If they have a mailer online, you can send them crashmail... If you like you can test it on two of my points.

From the pointlist:

Boss,2:280/464
... ,64,Masakrator,Tarnow_Poland,Marcin_Lukasik,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,IBN:85.28.128.105
... ,113,Little_Mikey's_EuroPoint,Ladysmith_BC_Canada,Maurice_Kinal,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,IBN:184.69.24.227


Bye, Wilfred.

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Pasquale wrote (2021-02-13):

Hello, All!

I am trying to use the DBRIDGE - BINKD combination to my BBS under Ubuntu. When polling the main node no problem; packets are prepared for the
points but when the points call they upload the mail but don't pick up anything?

The binkd configuation of the point is:

node 2:335/370.1 - PASSWORD i /home/vdesktop/DOS/DB/QUEUE/N-POINT.001

What's wrong?

If a point calls binkd should indeed send everything that is inside the defined outbox.

Is there anything in /home/vdesktop/DOS/DB/QUEUE/N-POINT.001?

Are the permission on the directories and files correct (Ubuntu's / Debian's binkd runs as the user ftn by default)?

And what is this N-POINT.001 directory anyway? It's not BSO. How would it be named if the mail is directed to a point of another node or a node that hasn't a defined filebox?

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On 15 Feb 21 09:47:37, Wilfred Van Velzen said the following to Nick Andre:

Why not? If they have a mailer online, you can send them crashmail... If yo like you can test it on two of my points.

The Queue format of D'Bridge does not allow this to happen.

Nick

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Hi Nick,

On 2021-02-15 08:13:02, you wrote to me:

Why not? If they have a mailer online, you can send them crashmail...
If yo like you can test it on two of my points.

The Queue format of D'Bridge does not allow this to happen.

Aha, ok...

(And since this is the BINKD area: It's not a limit in binkd...)


Bye, Wilfred.

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On 15 Feb 21 15:12:04, Wilfred Van Velzen said the following to Nick Andre:

Why not? If they have a mailer online, you can send them crashmail...
If yo like you can test it on two of my points.

The Queue format of D'Bridge does not allow this to happen.

Aha, ok...

Don't get me wrong, I wish it could but it would require messing around with code that has been working untouched for decades.

(And since this is the BINKD area: It's not a limit in binkd...)

Correct, this thread should/could be moved to the DB echo.

Nick

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Hi Nick,

On 2021-02-15 09:40:24, you wrote to me:

The Queue format of D'Bridge does not allow this to happen.

Aha, ok...

Don't get me wrong, I wish it could but it would require messing around with code that has been working untouched for decades.

Yes "don't fix it if it ain't broken" applies here. ;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Nick Andre <=-

... and it is not possible to directly exchange mail with points of another system.

Why not? If they have a mailer online, you can send them crashmail...
If you like you can test it on two of my points.

Zone 2 distributes a pointlist, don't they? Without the sender knowing where to send to (via that pointlist) you'd need to route to the boss node for pickup - which seems to be the intended behavior.


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Hi Kurt,

On 2021-02-15 09:31:00, you wrote to me:

... and it is not possible to directly exchange mail with points of
another system.

Why not? If they have a mailer online, you can send them crashmail...
If you like you can test it on two of my points.

Zone 2 distributes a pointlist, don't they? Without the sender knowing where to send to (via that pointlist) you'd need to route to the boss node for pickup - which seems to be the intended behavior.

We were talking about the possibility, not the dificulties of sending mail directly to points. And it is possible if you have the right information.

Bye, Wilfred.

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