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to: ROBERT WOLFE
from: JANIS KRACHT
date: 2014-11-13 12:58:00
subject: Connecting to FIDONET

> -=> Janis Kracht wrote to Robert Wolfe <=-

>>> The only problem with BBBS/Binkd is that it uses fidonet for every
>>> network, unlike others which can use different network names. A small
>>> one if you don't plan on joining other networks

>> Yeah, this is the problem I have had in the past and which is why I use
>> Internet Rex for OS/2 on my BBBS/2 setup.

>> What OS are you running BBBS under Robert?  Did you add the
>> [ftndomains] section to your external.bbb?

> Right now, eComStation 2.1.  Don't think so, but, then again, I am using
> Internet Rex to move mail here on this system as well.

If you add the section to your external.bbb, it should work for you if you're
running the latest version.

Here's how I have mine set up.. at the end of external.bbb, I added the
following:

===cut here===
[ftndomains]

^[1-6]: fidonet
^111: stnnet
^115: pascal-net
===cut here===

Take care,
Janis

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