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Message   Mike Powell    DAN CLOUGH   binkit issues   August 31, 2025
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>  MP> FYI, I am migrating binkd traffic over from the broken POS binkit that
>  MP> comes with synchronet over to binkd proper.  Hope to complete that this
>  MP> morning and then switch which software listens to 24554.

> Just curious, what are you finding broken with binkit?

Binkit ignores a 'BinkPoll=false' setting when the node also has an outbox
configured.

Binkit will ramdomly hang the system (maxing a CPU at 100%) when it cannot
connect to a node, rather than time the connection out like it should.  I
have reported this one twice before, and been told it is fixed, only to
then have it happen again.

sbbsecho puts outbound mail in the outbox if you have one set for a node.

Binkit was reporting connections with one node as successful when they
actually were not.

The binkit maintainer is absent from bbsing.

Since 'real' binkd is FOSS and works with sbbs I think it is better to use it
vs. an imitation product, even though it means keeping an extra config file
updated.  I was already using it for my fido hubs + Sean, for quicker
outbound mail turnaround, so switching wasn't a big deal.

Mike

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