Subj : Something new...
To   : Richard Webb
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Oct 15 2009 02:54 pm


RW> Much the same with binkley, the task number config parameter is
RW> important here I"m sure.  ONly worked with one multinode
RW> setup and that was many moons ago.  But, iirc. that's what
RW> we did was a config for each node.  NOw mind you all three
RW> were pots.

ml> shouldn't really matter as long as each node can be config'd
ml> specially for the needs of that node...

RW> THat's as I thought as well, as long as the particulars for
RW> that connection scheme are set up properly in that node's
RW> config you're golden.

should be...

RW> AS for routing, squish or his mail processor would handle
RW> that as Bink is a static mailer.  SAme inbound/outbound dirs though
RW> pointed to by all versions.

ml> hummm... therein lays the problem... can tossers handle multiple
ml> routings for static mail bundles?? FD can because it is dynamic in
ml> building its outbound stuffs but if a BSO style tosser cannot build
ml> multiple ?lo files indicating different "status'" for the same
ml> static outbound bundles for separate nodes, this may be a problem...

RW> DOn't think it can do that.  DOnt' know how folks handle
RW> situations where they connect with somebody who's got ip and pots
RW> both.

yeah... that's what part of my setup is all about... if i have someone set up
for FTN over telnet (not binkd stuffs), then the pots nodes all place that
traffic on hold when they build their outbound packages... the telnet nodes all
set it as normal or crash or whatever their current schedule calls for...

i guess FD's dynamic stuff is similar to having it build its own ?lo files but
those ?lo files are also specific to the node as well as to the destination
system... FD uses the file extension to denote the node number the file is for
and the content of the file denotes the addresses and "flavor"...

RW> IMportant thing with multinode binkleys and your tosser,
RW> i.e. squish in my case, would be to properly configure the
RW> flags directory, and make sure everything put its busy flags in the
RW> appropriate place.

semaphores are extremely important in any multinode environment and also those
that utilize background processed performing tasks... consider if your setup
spawns a new shell to toss mail while the mailer continues to run... you don't
want a downlink connecting and missing new mail that is being tossing into the
bundle...

RW> Back in the day there was lots of help in this echo for
RW> getting multinode setups humming along nicely, especially
RW> with os2, so anybody who's got this echo archived way back
RW> could probably be quite a resource if you still have
RW> trouble.

ml> agreed... sadly, though, my archiving is more like a "live feed" in
ml> that my set up simply retains postings for a much longer time than
ml> others... currently that's only one year :?

RW> YEp, wonderd how long you archived.  I do it by number of
RW> messages in most echoes, just out of habit from the old
RW> days, but some are by days.

a few years back i went to 365 days... but i have some that are set for nothing
and they carry several thousand messages in them... most of those are my beta
areas, though...

RW> Bob Juge would have been your guy for that as he was doing
RW> it.  Also the other MR. LEwis might be of some assistance to SEan
RW> in this regard.  THink he's running bt.

yup and yup on both accounts...

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