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echo: binkd
to: MARK LEWIS
from: TOMMI KOIVULA
date: 2018-01-08 18:25:00
subject: Connection Problems

08 Jan 18 07:38:56, you wrote to me:

 TK>>>> I erase them as well as the .hld files, because sometimes .try's are
 TK>>>> left behind.

 ml>>> AFAIK, .try files are always left behind... they can be parsed to
 ml>>> determine the last connection result to that system...

 TK>> What is the value of this information if it is 1 year old?

 ml> i suppose it has the same value if it is 10 years old or 1 hour old
:shrug:

There are 'hold' and 'try' settings. I can understand if binkd reads the .try
file in one hour, but after 1 or 10 years they are orphan files.

I think .try's should be cleaned by binkd as well as the .hld's.

'Tommi

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