Subj : non-CM nodes
To : Tommi Koivula
From : Carlos Navarro
Date : Sun Sep 11 2022 10:06 am
30 Aug 2022 17:17, you wrote to me:
>> How would you do (or are you doing) to make binkd only poll a non-CM
>> node at its open hours?
TK> I don't see a problem to have my binkd to try n times and if failed,
TK> then hold for n minutes, and do that around the clock. It doesn't cost
TK> much. ;)
If you don't mind filling your logs with retries...
>> I can think of a batch/script that, after processing mail, renames
>> the node's .?LO file to .HLO at the offline hours.
TK> Sure, why not.
Seems to work fine.
TK> I ran a non-CM IP-node once, it was because my internet over ISDN was
TK> "free" from 17:00 to 07:00 and 24h weekends.
Ah yes, for some time I also had an internet access like that, but with POTS.
TK> But why such a node nowadays?
Reducing energy consumption (or the electricity bill), who knows...
Carlos
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