BinkD and which Mail tosser?

[Nil Alexandrov]

Hello, Sean!

Thursday January 16 2025 19:00, from Sean Rima -> Wilfred van Velzen:

WV>> I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)
SR> Will it work on a Pi ?

You can always run DOSBox on a Raspberry Pi and explore the entire world of DOS
Fido software that has been accumulated since the early '90s.

Thanks to the FTS-1 spec and friends, Fido developers throughout the years have
made efforts to follow these specs, and as a result, we have software that has
remained compatible for over 35 or 40 years.

Best Regards, Nil

[Wilfred van Velzen]

Hi Sean,

On 2025-01-16 19:00:42, you wrote to me:

DG>>> I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need
DG>>> a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail,
DG>>> what is the easist software to use and configure that works with
DG>>> BinkD on Linux?

WV>> I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

SR> Will it work on a Pi ?

It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported this last
year:

TK> Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

TK> Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from husky
TK> setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt now. Seems
TK> ok :)


Bye, Wilfred.

[Sean Rima]

Hello Wilfred!

16 Jan 25 20:57, you wrote to me:

DG>>>> I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I
DG>>>> need a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing
DG>>>> mail, what is the easist software to use and configure that
DG>>>> works with BinkD on Linux?

WV>>> I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

SR>> Will it work on a Pi ?

WV> It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported
WV> this last year:

TK>> Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

TK>> Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from
TK>> husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt
TK>> now. Seems ok :)

What is the download link for it

Sean

[Wilfred van Velzen]

Hi Sean,

On 2025-01-16 21:30:58, you wrote to me:

SR>>> Will it work on a Pi ?

WV>> It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported
WV>> this last year:

TK>>> Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

TK>>> Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from
TK>>> husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt
TK>>> now. Seems ok :)

SR> What is the download link for it

If you can compile it yourself, the source can be obtained with git:

# git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/fmail/code fmail

There is a howto in a previous message in the FMAIL_HELP area.


If you want a pre-compiled version for the PI, maybe Tommi can help you?


Bye, Wilfred.

[Sean Rima]

Hello Wilfred!

16 Jan 25 23:10, you wrote to me:

WV>>> It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula
WV>>> reported this last year:

TK>>>> Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

TK>>>> Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created
TK>>>> from husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with
TK>>>> husky/hpt now. Seems ok :)

SR>> What is the download link for it

WV> If you can compile it yourself, the source can be obtained with git:

WV> # git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/fmail/code fmail

WV> There is a howto in a previous message in the FMAIL_HELP area.

Will download and play over the weekend. Sadly my fmail_help was unlinked by
error. Will do a rescan

Sean

[Tommi Koivula]

* Originally in BINKD
* Crossposted in FMAIL_HELP
Hi Sean.

16 Jan 25 20:57, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to you:

WV>>> I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)
WV>
SR>> Will it work on a Pi ?

Yes. :)

WV> It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported
WV> this last year:
WV>
TK>> Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.
WV>
TK>> Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from
TK>> husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt
TK>> now. Seems ok :)

'Tommi

[Sean Rima]

Hello Tommi!

17 Jan 25 08:23, you wrote to me:

TK> * Originally in BINKD
TK> * Crossposted in FMAIL_HELP
TK> Hi Sean.

TK> 16 Jan 25 20:57, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to you:

WV>>>> I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)
WV>>
SR>>> Will it work on a Pi ?

TK> Yes. :)

Downloaded the git and willplay over the weekend

Sean

[Sean Rima]

Hello Nil!

16 Jan 25 22:18, you wrote to me:

NA> Hello, Sean!

NA> Thursday January 16 2025 19:00, from Sean Rima -> Wilfred van Velzen:

WV>>> I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)
SR>> Will it work on a Pi ?

NA> You can always run DOSBox on a Raspberry Pi and explore the entire
NA> world of DOS Fido software that has been accumulated since the early
NA> '90s.

There is a linux version :)

NA> Thanks to the FTS-1 spec and friends, Fido developers throughout the
NA> years have made efforts to follow these specs, and as a result, we
NA> have software that has remained compatible for over 35 or 40 years.

Very true

Sean