> I ran the init-fidonet and getting this after:
>    BINKPOLL Connection to f2.n895.z954.example.com:24554 failed (Error: No
> such host is known. ).

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>  ¨ Synchronet ¨ Vertrauen ¨ Home of Synchronet ¨
> [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net


Replace example.com with actual domain. That stands out to me. ¨ good luck.
I hope it works.

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