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to: AUGUST ABOLINS
from: ALAN IANSON
date: 2020-04-05 17:36:00
subject: oxp: nodelist situation?

Hello August,

 AI>> It's an external SRIF utility that's needed for binkd that is not
 AI>> well known.

 AA> I don't know what SRIF is.  Google tells me it's a somatotropin
 AA> release  inhibiting factor.  LOL

I'm not sure what that is but I don't think that'll help us in this case. :)

Binkd and most binkp mailers don't know how to get a requested file but it does
support a Standard Request Interface File. When a file is requested we pass
that info to an SRIF utility that finds the file and tells binkd where it is to
send the file to the node.

 AA> I thought most bbs softwares (especially sychro and mystic, the
 AA> majority  in fsxnet?) supported freq, built-in.

I think, but I'm not certain(tm) that Synchronet's binkit mailer supports file
requests although the node has to tell it how to do that with an .ini file.

We just brought up file request support with James, the Mystic author and I
think he put it on the todo or maybe todo for future support when he gets some
free time to look into it more.

Dial-up mailers did all this themselves and it was easy to setup. It's not hard
with binkd but you need the external utilities setup.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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