On 2018 Jan 08 18:27:12, you wrote to me:

 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
 ml>> :shrug:

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

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

then what's the use of having them in the first place? or are you saying that
they should only live as long as the hld files? that would mean the try files
will never be created for successful outbound connections??

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