-=> Mike Powell wrote to DAN CLOUGH <=-

 >  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?

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

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

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

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

 MP> The binkit maintainer is absent from bbsing.

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

Okay cool, thanks for the info.  I have thought a few times about 
switching over too, just for the experience, but haven't done it.

What about things like Areafix and netmail...?  Oh, those probably 
aren't affected because they're actually done by SBBSecho (tosser) 
rather than the mailer, right?



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