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echo: binkd
to: TOMMI KOIVULA
from: KEES VAN EETEN
date: 2018-01-06 18:07:00
subject: Connection Problems

Hello Tommi!

06 Jan 18 12:51, you wrote to Paul Hayton:

 TK> 06 Jan 18 10:34:42, Kees van Eeten wrote to you:

 PH>>> outbox contains:
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:48              .
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:48              ..
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:44                 6 00000000.bsy
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:44                 6 00010000.bsy
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:44                 6 00010002.bsy
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:44                 6 00010003.bsy
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:44                 6 00010064.bsy
 PH>>> 01-01-2018  14:48                 0 00010064.dlo
 PH>>> 27-12-2017  13:45                16 0118138b.try

 KE>>  Remove the stale bsy files.

 TK> Also set up 'kill-old-bsy' in your binkd.conf:

 TK> === Cut ===
 TK> #
 TK> # Remove old .bsy/.csy files (If some are left after a system crash). It
 TK> would # be wise to set this to 12h on almost any system. (Note that binkd
 TK> always # touches .bsy's/.csy's for active sessions) # # kill-old-bsy is
 TK> OFF by default. #
 TK> === Cut ===

 TK> I have it set to 1h.

 That does not help you now, if a session has crashed and you want to try
 it again. If one not aware of the auto removal, one may wonder why
 thing sometimes work and sometimes don't.

Kees

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