Subj : Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
To : Gamgee
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 06:03 pm
Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
By: Gamgee to Al on Sat Mar 08 2025 04:03 pm
> Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
> By: Al to Gamgee on Fri Mar 19 2021 08:33 pm
>
> > Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
> > By: Gamgee to Al on Fri Mar 19 2021 09:23 pm
>
> > Ga> So, who do we address the netmail to? I get the part about the
> > Ga> subject line, such as "FR: NASA", and I see your node number, but
> > Ga> the netmail has to be in the form of "user name@1:153/757". What
> > Ga> "user name" should be used?
>
> > Alan Ianson@1:153/757, or freq@1:153/757. I don't think the To: name
> > matters.
>
> > SBBSecho won't create an outbound .pkt for file requests. It just sends
> > the .req file and creates a poll for the node.
>
> Hi Al, (and anyone),
>
> (I know this message I'm replying to is 3 years old... but...)
>
> I'm re-visiting setting up the FREQ function on my system, and having
> trouble with it. I've edited the ../sbbs/ctrl/freqit.ini to have a "magic
> word" (ALLFILES) set up to a particular file directory, which is pretty
> straightforward. So then, from a test system I have (running SBBS as a
> point from my main system), I send a netmail to my main system. I've tried
> various "To:" names, and the subject line is: FR: ALLFILES . The point
> generates the crash netmail and sends it to my BBS. I watch the logs and I
> see the connection, and then it receives (two) .req files and deletes them
> both, and..... that's it. Binkit closes the connection, there are no error
> messages, and nothing else happens.
>
> Does anyone have FREQ working on their system? Is there something else that
> needs to be set up? Not sure what I'm missing here... Thanks for info.
What are the contents of your ctrl/freqit.ini file?
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