Subj : I thing I give up
To : Nick Boel
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Tue Oct 14 2025 03:35 pm
NB> Hey Joacim!
NB> On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:05:46 , you wrote:
>> So I figured it out, and it's properly silly on my part.
>> I figured it out. I think.
>> In Binkd I named the other networks Amiganet, Fsxnet, and so on. But
>> the paths the outgoing stuff was written to was set to /fido/amiganet,
>> /fido/fsxnet and so on.
>> Naturally, Binkd was looking in /fido/Fsxnet.xxx and /fido/Amiganet.xxx.
NB> That's because your binkd config file specifies to look in those
NB> directories. When using your default zone "2" for every network, it
NB> will automatically create the hex extensions on your directories.
NB> When using this method (4D addressing), it is better to use one
NB> outbound directory, ie:
NB> This will use 'outbound' as your fidonet outbound (default),
NB> outbound.015 for fsxnet, etc.
NB> If Crashmail is properly using /fido/Amiganet, /fido/Fsxnet and so on
NB> /without/ the hex extensions, your binkd config may be better off
NB> using this as an example, where you put the actual zone number of the
NB> network instead of your default zone (2). This is proper 5D
NB> addressing, whereas you seem to be trying to use a mixture of 4D and
NB> 5D configurations and hoping for the best at the moment:
NB> .. and the same for every other network you have, with their proper
NB> zone number. This (I believe) disables the hex extensions and allows
NB> you to use directory names without them.
NB> This method only works with Crashmail and a few other tossers that
NB> support multiple outbound directories. Aside from that, I'm not sure
NB> where you've specified directories with uppercase letters (maybe
NB> further into your Crashmail config that you didn't post?) but you
NB> will have to deal with that separately.
>> Now I'm taking a backup of all configuration files...
NB> If it's currently working, back them up. Then maybe look into the
NB> difference between 4D and 5D addressing so that you understand
NB> better. From what I can tell, your configuration may currently be
NB> working, but it is still not correct.
NB> Hope that helps.
Great explanation! Thanks! I belive Crashmail grabs the name from here:
AKA 21:2/130.0
DOMAIN "Fsxnet"
But I'm not sure. It's the only place in crashmail.prefs or binkd.conf where it's spelled with a capital 'f'.
