On 2019 Feb 19 05:46:18, you wrote to David:
I use to know how to do all that stuff back int he day using FrontDoor 2.12 and SBBSecho, it seems a lot more complicated to setup now-a-days :/
it isn't... it is just that sbbs isn't quite as homogenized as other FTN solutions... all the parts are there but one has to know about them and how to get them set up... i'd probably still be struggling a bit if it were for hosting max's sbbs setup starting back in 2015...
I can barely keep up with Dove-Net let alone 10 million FTN
conferences :-P
hahahaha... there's not that many echos in fidonet that have any traffic... i generally log into the BBS once a day to read unread messages sent to me... once a week i may read the posts via a new scan of the groups... some areas didn't take long to add to my bypass list ;)
On 2019 Feb 18 20:16:36, you wrote to All:
I have another question regarding binkit.
ok...
I know with the BINKD daemon (redundancy alert!!) one can add an "include" statement to include other configuration files, such as the binkd.txt or similar file.
yes... i used to include binkd.txt followed by my myconnects.txt which had the session level passwords (and file boxes) set in it...
Does binkit allow for such inclusion of these binkd-styled nodelist files,
no...
or is that what the nodelist entry is in ECHOCFG?
no... that's for regular FTN St. Louis formatted nodelists... binkit doesn't use the binkd style nodelist...
so what you do is to put the normal nodelist somewhere and define that in echocfg... binkit should use the defined host/domain name from echocfg or, and i'm not totally sure about this (yet) it'll look up the node in the nodelist and use what it finds there for the connection... i've been planning to test this to be sure but i think i have at least one or two linked system definitions that i have not placed a connect domain in... all mail that arrives
here is delivered instead of being held so those ones appear to be working but again, i need to test further to be absolutely sure...
this is also tied into tickit in that for the FDN area definition that brings you TICs with nodelists, you can add a handler entry so that when the nodelist comes in and tickit processes it, it'll extract the nodelist from the archive and put it in the defined directory with the name you defined in echocfg... that'll automatically update the nodelist when it arrives...
I use to know how to do all that stuff back int he day using FrontDoor 2.12 and SBBSecho, it seems a lot more complicated to setup now-a-days
:/
I can barely keep up with Dove-Net let alone 10 million FTN
conferences :-P
Re: Re: Block IP Address
By: Mortifis to David on Tue Feb 19 2019 05:46 am
I use to know how to do all that stuff back int he day using FrontDoor 2.12 and
SBBSecho, it seems a lot more complicated to setup now-a-days :/
Setting up FD was my first forray into writing Batch files. I wonder, to this day, if it's why I dislike coding/scripting so much.
Once you get the hang of everything it's pretty easy. Just a lot of separate moving parts.
Re: Re: Block IP Address
By: Mortifis to David on Tue Feb 19 2019 05:46 am
I use to know how to do all that stuff back int he day using FrontDoor 2.12 and
SBBSecho, it seems a lot more complicated to setup now-a-days :/
Setting up FD was my first forray into writing Batch files. I wonder, to this day, if it's why I dislike coding/scripting so much.
Once you get the hang of everything it's pretty easy. Just a lot of separate moving parts.
I can barely keep up with Dove-Net let alone 10 million FTN conferences :-P
Honestly, there's probably only 10 or so active FidoNet echos, and only 2 of them that aren't full of discussions about politics. If you combine the non-FidoNet FTN networks together,
I use to know how to do all that stuff back int he day using FrontDoor 2.12 and
SBBSecho, it seems a lot more complicated to setup now-a-days :/
I can barely keep up with Dove-Net let alone 10 million FTN conferences :-P
Setting up FD was my first forray into writing Batch files. I wonder, to this day, if it's why I dislike coding/scripting so much.
On 02-20-19 15:16, DaiTengu wrote to Mortifis <=-
Honestly, there's probably only 10 or so active FidoNet echos, and
only 2 of them that aren't full of discussions about politics. If you combine the non-FidoNet FTN networks together, I don't think they get
half of the traffic Dove-Net does each day.
Honestly, there's probably only 10 or so active FidoNet echos, and
only 2 of them that aren't full of discussions about politics. If you
combine the non-FidoNet FTN networks together,
guess I'll have to sign up on yer board and check it out ... I'll bring my stir stick :-Þ
Honestly, there's probably only 10 or so active FidoNet echos, and
only 2 of them that aren't full of discussions about politics. If
you combine the non-FidoNet FTN networks together, I don't think
they get half of the traffic Dove-Net does each day.
I'd say FSX is on a par with DOVE for activity. :)
On 2019 Feb 20 21:23:28, you wrote to DaiTengu:
Once you get the hang of everything it's pretty easy. Just a lot of
separate moving parts.
After 25 or so years of not having FTN, the only moving parts I am concerned about are in my 22 wheeler lol
you have three drive axles or three on your trailer?
Once you get the hang of everything it's pretty easy. Just a lot of
separate moving parts.
After 25 or so years of not having FTN, the only moving parts I am concerned about are in my 22 wheeler lol
On 02-20-19 20:40, DaiTengu wrote to Mortifis <=-
Sometimes I go months without reading anything from Fidonet, and other times I'll write a dozen messages a day. I always enjoy shit-stirrers.
:)
On 02-21-19 00:23, DaiTengu wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
I'd say FSX is on a par with DOVE for activity. :)
Hmm, maybe I'll have to connect up to that...
Oh, man - the first time I had FrontDoor exiting for mail events, callers at PF>the correct speed, exiting for maintenance, compiling nodelists and for back PF>I felt exhilarated. It had always seemed to error out or I'd run maintenance PF>manually.
Oh, man - the first time I had FrontDoor exiting for mail events, callers at PF>the correct speed, exiting for maintenance, compiling nodelists and for back PF>I felt exhilarated. It had always seemed to error out or I'd run maintenance PF>manually.
Yep...did it on dial-up with FrontDoor and InterMail.
And the sound of a modem answering a call...music to a Sysop's ears.
Re: Re: Block IP Address
By: Daryl Stout to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Thu Feb 21 2019 11:24 am
And the sound of a modem answering a call...music to a Sysop's ears.
What wasn't music to my ears was the time I left to go to a training class out of town. The modem hung shortly after I left, and FrontDoor tried in vain to reset the modem, then did it's little morse code SOS, and the batch file restarted. 90 seconds later, SOS and restart... and so on, and so on, for 3 days. My neighbors must have heard it...
And the sound of a modem answering a call...music to a Sysop's ears.
What wasn't music to my ears was the time I left to go to a training class out of town. The modem hung shortly after I left, and FrontDoor tried in vain to reset the modem, then did it's little morse code SOS, and the batch file restarted. 90 seconds later, SOS and restart... and so on, and so on, for 3 days. My neighbors must have heard it...
| Sysop: | sneaky |
|---|---|
| Location: | Ashburton,NZ |
| Users: | 28 |
| Nodes: | 8 (0 / 8) |
| Uptime: | 192:07:04 |
| Calls: | 2,006 |
| Calls today: | 3 |
| Files: | 11,114 |
| Messages: | 942,302 |