Hi,

On 2016-03-05 11:10:33, Joacim Melin wrote to All:
  about: "Amibinkd and scheduled polls":

 JM> So I finally figured it out.  I haven't found this in any
 JM> documentation
 JM> anywhere so I will write this here.

 JM> Amibinkd does not care about poll files with hexadecimal names.  Instead,
 JM> this is the way to do it:

 JM> 1. Create a file in the outbound directory. It has to be named like this:
 JM> x.x.x.x.mo0, where x.x.x.x is the node number to the host you want to
poll.
 JM> In my case that's Björn so the file is named 2.203.0.0.mo0.  This file is
 JM> empty. To trigger the poll, create a second file named x.x.x.x.flo, again
 JM> there x.x.x. is the node number to the host you want to poll. I my case,
 JM> again, this is Björns 2.203.0.0.flo.  The contents of this file points to
 JM> the mo0 file. Example: ~data:mail/outbound/2.203.0.0.mo0

 JM> The file 2.203.0.0. flo will be deleted after every poll and this has to
be
 JM> created again for the next poll to work properly.

Regular binkd has an option for this:

#
# Use Amiga Style Outbound (ASO)
#
#aso

Maybe that's the default in AmiBinkd.

 JM> I don't know how many actually use Amibinkd but maybe someone will
 JM> have use for this in the future.

Did you get my netmail about AmigaNet?

Bye, Wilfred.


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