Subj : MO Sys
To : Bob Jones
From : Gord Hannah
Date : Tue Oct 23 2001 11:39 am
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Replying to a message from Bob Jones 1:343/41 to Gord Hannah,
About MO Sys, On Mon Oct 22 2001
BJ> IRex, which protocols are being used? [FTP, Telnet, BinkP, etc.]
GH> IRex via ftp.
BJ> Ok. Two comments.... (1) From my perspective fidonet mail via FTP
BJ> protocol is a kludge. You can loose mail packets if your scripts,
BJ> software and your uplink's scripts don't properly compensate for
BJ> file naming issues within fidonet. (2) What ever script you are
BJ> using to make the FTP connection, when it exits, you should test for
BJ> received mail and at that point spawn or startup your squish
BJ> processing.
Ok sounds fair enough.
BJ> And when you say binkley "exits to do the mail run", is binkley
BJ> exiting to bring up your TCP/IP connection, use IRex to transfer
BJ> fidonet packets, and then recycle back to binkley when done, or is
BJ> binkley exiting because it directly received mail? From the above,
BJ> it sounds like the first, not the second, that you are trying to get
GH> First is correct.
BJ> Ok. When the FTP session from IREX to your uplink finishes, does
BJ> IREX exit? Once IREX exits, does InJoy exit automatically (i.e.
BJ> shuts down the modem connection and exits allowing the command file
BJ> that started InJoy to contine)? If so, then it is fairly easy to
Yes it does the connection is broken with killjoy via cron, then bink can take
over.
BJ> If IREX and INJOY are properly exiting, after InJoy exits and you
BJ> restart Binkley, you can add a test in your .CMD script similar to
BJ> the following as a single line:
As my setup exists now all works as advertised, I have used this combination
for just about 1 year now with no failures.
Hope this helps. Keep us posted.
We are a fine board trying to make it better.
http://www.pris.bc.ca/ghannah
[email protected]
Cheers! Gord
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