Wednesday September 14 2016 07:39, you wrote to me:

 rc> This brings back memories of why I used FD! :) ;)  But with FTN over
 rc> net seems FD is out of the option list. :( And would require DOSBox or
 rc> something to run it anyway versus native and wouldn't probably be a
 rc> good plan for my ultimate choice to put my FTN mailer at least on a Pi

I was always fond of FD but once you have binkd up and running you'll forget
all about that.. :)

 AI>> You could also try binkd -pP1:135/0 binkd.cfg. That will poll
 AI>> that node

 rc> $ sudo binkd -pP1:135/0 /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg
 rc>   07:24 [4210] BEGIN, binkd/0.9.11/Linux -pP1:135/0
 rc> /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg 07:24 [4210] clientmgr started 07:24 [4210] the
 rc> queue is empty, quitting..

Your version of binkd is a little old. That will still work but v1.0.4 was
released two years ago. I would go with that or the current 1.1 version that
most are using. Either works well in my experience.

The location to get those is listed in the FAQ that is posted in here weekly or
 so.

 rc> That is all I got!????! Doesn't seem right.... I would think I would
 rc> see it connect etc.. or the p option suppress that ?

 rc> Now if I run sudo binkd -pP1:135/0 /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg

 rc> it whines about being runnning already etc.. then if I do

 rc> sudo binkd -pP1:135/0 /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg

 rc> It actually POLLS the node....So I am now confused... (the loud
 rc> banging you hear is my head hitting desk! :) ;)  )

Permissions I think. I'm not sure what user your binkd is running as or where
it is storing inbounds or logs. Check /var/log for any binkd.log files and
check where it is storing inbounds, you may have some!

 AI>> If binkd is being started by inetd you should still be able to
 AI>> poll as you need to. That inetd process is just a listener on
 AI>> your binkp port.

 rc> So its listening....

 rc> I'll have to investigate things... I think there is some issues re
 rc> permissions to access stuff in the outb and/or inb and the setup of
 rc> crashmail...

I think you will be better off to remove that package and compile your own
binkd and use that as whatever user you like without the conflicts.

 AI>> Yep, I remember switching from AMA to BSO... good times! :)

 rc> :( I am not having fun... yet! :) ;)

 rc> Thanks for the input! Keep it coming, please!

No worries, we'll keep it up as long as we need too.. :)

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