Subj : Re: non-CM nodes
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Mon Sep 12 2022 10:23 am

Hi Carlos,

On 2022-09-11 10:05:35, you wrote to me:

CN>>> How would you do (or are you doing) to make binkd only poll a
CN>>> non-CM node at its open hours?

WV>> Do you have a non-CM link? Or is this a theoretical problem? ;)

CN> Theoretical. :-)

I think non-CM in combination with IBN, most of the time is an error in the nodelist. I never found a non-CM + IBN node that was actually just connectable at ZMH. And it doesn't make sense either. Non-CM used to exist for nodes with 1 phone line, that wanted to reserve the 1 line for BBS users. That doesn't make sense for IBN nodes. Where you can have as many concurrent TCP connections as you like on the "one" IP link.

CN> Besides non-CM nodes, it could be useful for points...

Points that are not CM, should just poll their boss. ;-)

CN>>> I can think of a batch/script that, after processing mail,
CN>>> renames the node's .?LO file to .HLO at the offline hours.

WV>> That would be difficult to sync with binkd, that probably starts
WV>> handling the files immediately when it's created by the tosser, and
WV>> the .?SY files are deleted.

CN> I'm testing this with a CM link (renaming to .HLO just after tossing, and
CN> after packing netmail) and works fine.

Then you are just lucky, because no .?SY files are used, binkd could just grab the .?LO file, and do it's thing before your scripts rename them to .HLO...

Bye, Wilfred.

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