WvV> Hi,

 WvV> On 2016-03-05 11:10:33, Joacim Melin wrote to All:
 WvV>   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 pol
 WvV> l.
 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 
 WvV> be
 JM>> created again for the next poll to work properly.

 WvV> Regular binkd has an option for this:

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

 WvV> 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.

 WvV> Did you get my netmail about AmigaNet?

 WvV> Bye, Wilfred.

Ah, so that's what ASO is used for. I thought it was a text encoding or
whatever. 

No I didn't get your netmail but I'll send one to you right now - sounds
interesting!

Thanks,
Joacim

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