• ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini

    From Digital Man@1:103/705 to All on Sat Mar 31 12:49:55 2018
    binkit.ini and ftn_domains.ini have been deprecated and their settings moved to sbbsecho.ini.

    This was done because:
    1. there was a lot of redundancy between binkit.ini and sbbsecho.ini: e.g. each
    [node:] section in sbbsecho.ini was repeated a link section in binkit.ini. 2. though SBBSecho v3 could use ftn_domains.ini (for zone->domain/outbound_dir
    mapping), the file was not configurable using echocfg.
    3. when supporting sysops, I had to ask for all 3 .ini files to get an idea of
    their configuration settings. Now I only need to ask for one.
    4. BinkIT and SBBSecho can now be fully configured without hand-editing any
    .ini files and closely-related settings (e.g. packet password and session
    password) are now visible near each other.

    If you are using ftn_domains.ini or binkit.ini, when you upgrade to the latest .js files from CVS, you'll need to merge your ftn_domains.ini with sbbsecho.ini. If you have a binkit.ini file, then run "jsexec binkit upgrade". This is performed for you automatically if/when you run "jsexec update".

    If you do *not* have a binkit.ini, but you do have an ftn_domains.ini, then you can hand-merge ftn_domains.ini into your sbbsecho.ini, like this:

    Example, from ftn_domains.ini:

    [fidonet]
    Zones=1,2,3,4,5,6
    DNSSuffix=binkp.net

    [fsxnet]
    Zones=21

    to sbbsecho.ini (copy and paste and add the "domain:" prefixes):

    [domain:fidonet]
    Zones=1,2,3,4,5,6
    DNSSuffix=binkp.net

    [domain:fsxnet]
    Zones=21

    I hope you all like the improved ease-of-use.

    digital man

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Digital Man on Sun Apr 1 07:42:00 2018
    Digital Man wrote to All <=-

    binkit.ini and ftn_domains.ini have been deprecated and their settings moved to sbbsecho.ini.

    Nice work. Those changes make a lot of sense.


    ... What you can do to stop obscene phone calls: Don't make them!
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  • From Sneaky@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sun Apr 1 10:24:38 2018
    Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Digital Man to All on Sat Mar 31 2018 12:49:55


    Hi Digital Man


    If you are using ftn_domains.ini or binkit.ini, when you upgrade to the latest .js files from CVS, you'll need to merge your ftn_domains.ini with sbbsecho.ini. If you have a binkit.ini file, then run "jsexec binkit upgrade". This is performed for you automatically if/when you run "jsexec update".

    I have updated the latest binkit.js 2.00 and id there js that I have to update and I have ran jsexec binkit update/jsexec update and I hope it has
    done right , ctrl/binkit.ini.old ctrl/ip-domains.ini.old which it fine
    but when I run the control panel and run force time event it says cannot open binkit.ini so made another copy ctrl/binkit.ini untill I here from you
    as I don't now what else to do.

    Thank you
    Ian S 1st Choice Core Sbbs nz

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Sneaky on Sat Mar 31 16:53:49 2018
    Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Sneaky to Digital Man on Sun Apr 01 2018 10:24 am

    Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Digital Man to All on Sat Mar 31 2018 12:49:55


    Hi Digital Man


    If you are using ftn_domains.ini or binkit.ini, when you upgrade to the latest .js files from CVS, you'll need to merge your ftn_domains.ini with sbbsecho.ini. If you have a binkit.ini file, then run "jsexec binkit upgrade". This is performed for you automatically if/when you run "jsexec update".

    I have updated the latest binkit.js 2.00 and id there js that I have to update and I have ran jsexec binkit update/jsexec update and I hope it has done right , ctrl/binkit.ini.old ctrl/ip-domains.ini.old which it fine
    but when I run the control panel and run force time event it says cannot open binkit.ini so made another copy ctrl/binkit.ini untill I here from you as I don't now what else to do.

    Sounds like you didn't didn't update exec/load/*.js?

    digital man

    This Is Spinal Tap quote #29:
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  • From Lord Time@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sat Mar 31 19:01:06 2018
    binkit.ini and ftn_domains.ini have been deprecated and their settings moved to sbbsecho.ini.

    This was done because:
    1. there was a lot of redundancy between binkit.ini and sbbsecho.ini: e.g. each
    [node:] section in sbbsecho.ini was repeated a link section in binkit.ini. 2. though SBBSecho v3 could use ftn_domains.ini (for zone->domain/outbound_dir
    mapping), the file was not configurable using echocfg.
    3. when supporting sysops, I had to ask for all 3 .ini files to get an idea of
    their configuration settings. Now I only need to ask for one.
    4. BinkIT and SBBSecho can now be fully configured without hand-editing any
    .ini files and closely-related settings (e.g. packet password and session
    password) are now visible near each other.

    If you are using ftn_domains.ini or binkit.ini, when you upgrade to the latest .js files from CVS, you'll need to merge your ftn_domains.ini with sbbsecho.ini. If you have a binkit.ini file, then run "jsexec binkit upgrade". This is performed for you automatically if/when you run "jsexec update".

    If you do *not* have a binkit.ini, but you do have an ftn_domains.ini, then you can hand-merge ftn_domains.ini into your sbbsecho.ini, like this:

    Example, from ftn_domains.ini:

    [fidonet]
    Zones=1,2,3,4,5,6
    DNSSuffix=binkp.net

    [fsxnet]
    Zones=21

    to sbbsecho.ini (copy and paste and add the "domain:" prefixes):

    [domain:fidonet]
    Zones=1,2,3,4,5,6
    DNSSuffix=binkp.net

    [domain:fsxnet]
    Zones=21

    I hope you all like the improved ease-of-use.

    I just found a error in sbbsecho, you forgot to add / update for the new
    stuff, in the help part for each part




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  • From Sneaky@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sun Apr 1 16:27:32 2018
    Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Digital Man to Sneaky on Sat Mar 31 2018 16:53:49

    Hi Digital Man

    says cannot open binkit.ini so made another copy ctrl/binkit.ini
    untill I here from you as I don't now what else to do.

    Sounds like you didn't didn't update exec/load/*.js?

    Okay got you,update all exec/load/*.js and now back working
    thank you for that


    just another question if you don't mind,

    !04/1 04:08:54p Timed out receiving packet data!

    On one of my link

    is there a setting for this or is it just between
    me and my link or internet connection.

    Thank you
    Ian S 1st Choice Core Sbbs nz

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Sneaky on Sat Mar 31 23:26:20 2018
    Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Sneaky to Digital Man on Sun Apr 01 2018 04:27 pm

    Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Digital Man to Sneaky on Sat Mar 31 2018 16:53:49

    Hi Digital Man

    says cannot open binkit.ini so made another copy ctrl/binkit.ini
    untill I here from you as I don't now what else to do.

    Sounds like you didn't didn't update exec/load/*.js?

    Okay got you,update all exec/load/*.js and now back working
    thank you for that


    just another question if you don't mind,

    !04/1 04:08:54p Timed out receiving packet data!

    On one of my link

    is there a setting for this or is it just between
    me and my link or internet connection.

    Most likely the behavior of the remote/link's mailer isn't in-line with the binkp.js expectations, but it should still work. What mailer/version is that link using?

    digital man

    This Is Spinal Tap quote #33:
    Nigel Tufnel: Well, so what? What's wrong with bein' sexy?
    Norco, CA WX: 57.6oF, 75.0% humidity, 0 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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  • From Ian Segers@3:770/340 to Digital Man on Mon Apr 2 10:45:20 2018
    Hi Digital Man


    just another question if you don't mind,

    !04/1 04:08:54p Timed out receiving packet data!

    On one of my link

    is there a setting for this or is it just between
    me and my link or internet connection.

    Most likely the behavior of the remote/link's mailer isn't in-line with the binkp.js expectations, but it should still work. What
    mailer/version is that link using?

    My link has Tauris not sure of version probably the latest.

    as per messages via Al, should I change [3:770/330@fidonet] to
    [3:770/330] or just leave it.

    Thank you
    Ian S 1st Choice Core Sbbs Nz

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Ian Segers on Sun Apr 1 23:09:55 2018
    Re: Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Ian Segers to Digital Man on Mon Apr 02 2018 10:45 am

    Hi Digital Man


    just another question if you don't mind,

    !04/1 04:08:54p Timed out receiving packet data!

    On one of my link

    is there a setting for this or is it just between
    me and my link or internet connection.

    Most likely the behavior of the remote/link's mailer isn't in-line with the binkp.js expectations, but it should still work. What mailer/version is that link using?

    My link has Tauris not sure of version probably the latest.

    The mailer's version number should be reported by the remote side during BINKP session. Like this:

    Peer version: Radius/4.010/21.01.2005,13:56(Final-Release)/Win32 binkp/1.1

    as per messages via Al, should I change [3:770/330@fidonet] to
    [3:770/330] or just leave it.

    Just leave it if its working.

    digital man

    This Is Spinal Tap quote #7:
    Nigel Tufnel: That's just nitpicking, isn't it?
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  • From Ian Segers@3:770/340 to Digital Man on Tue Apr 3 09:24:51 2018
    Hi Digital Man

    Re: Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Ian Segers to Digital Man on Mon Apr 02 2018 10:45 am

    My link has Tauris not sure of version probably the latest.

    The mailer's version number should be reported by the remote side
    during BINKP session. Like this:

    Peer version: Radius/4.010/21.01.2005,13:56(Final-Release)/Win32 binkp/1.1

    sorry no it doesn't, not on this link but I do see all the Peer version
    on my other links, is there same were else I am meant to look sbbs.ini
    logs set at debugging.

    as per messages via Al, should I change [3:770/330@fidonet] to
    [3:770/330] or just leave it.

    Just leave it if its working.

    ok, I leave it as is thank you

    Ian S 1st Choice Core Sbbs Nz
    ___ MultiMail/Win32 v0.49

    --- Mystic BBS/QWK v1.12 A39 2018/03/29 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: 2nd Choice Core|New Zealand (3:770/340)
  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Ian Segers on Mon Apr 2 14:45:16 2018
    Re: Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Ian Segers to Digital Man on Tue Apr 03 2018 09:24 am

    Hi Digital Man

    Re: Re: ftn_domains.ini and binkit.ini
    By: Ian Segers to Digital Man on Mon Apr 02 2018 10:45 am

    My link has Tauris not sure of version probably the latest.

    The mailer's version number should be reported by the remote side during BINKP session. Like this:

    Peer version: Radius/4.010/21.01.2005,13:56(Final-Release)/Win32 binkp/1.1

    sorry no it doesn't, not on this link but I do see all the Peer version
    on my other links, is there same were else I am meant to look sbbs.ini
    logs set at debugging.

    No, I guess it's not a requirement that a mailer advertise its software type/version.

    as per messages via Al, should I change [3:770/330@fidonet] to
    [3:770/330] or just leave it.

    Just leave it if its working.

    ok, I leave it as is thank you

    Okay, sounds good.

    digital man

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