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Dragon
2013-11-28 15:14:00 UTC
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Is there a way to force connect and check for new messages using binkd?
Kirill Temnenkov
2013-11-29 18:56:02 UTC
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Hello, Dragon!


D> Is there a way to force connect and check for new messages using
D> binkd?
───═══ "Windows Clipboard" ═══───
31. How to Create a Poll Correctly.

To create a poll in BSO one should create an empty file NNNNMMMM.ilo,
NNNNMMMM.clo, NNNNMMMM.dlo or NNNNMMMM.flo. The filename consists of the
hexadecimal net number (first 4 characters), the hexadecimal node number
(the characters from 5 to 8), the dot, the flavor attribute character
(i = immediate, c = crash, d = direct, f = normal) and two characters "lo".

Certainly you should not create the file, if it already exists. Moreover
you should not overwrite it to avoid losing your mail.

The most universal command (it works under DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX
clones, CP/M and many others) is

cd . >>NNNNMMMM.flo

Such a command also works under DOS, Windows, OS/2:

type nul >>NNNNMMMM.flo

You may choose one of the following commands for UNIX clones:

touch NNNNMMMM.flo
echo -n "" >>NNNNMMMM.flo
NNNNMMMM.flo
cat /dev/null >>NNNNMMMM.flo
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WBR,
Kirill
Tommi Koivula
2013-11-30 07:31:53 UTC
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Thursday November 28 2013 19:14, Dragon wrote to All:

Dr> Is there a way to force connect and check for new messages using
Dr> binkd?

Did you already check what switches -nP and -pP do? :-)

Dr>
Dr> --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A21 (Linux)
Dr> * Origin: Deadbeatz (0:0/0)

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'Tommi
Darryl Perry
2013-11-30 08:41:00 UTC
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On 11-28-13, Dragon said the following...

Dr> Is there a way to force connect and check for new messages using binkd?

Are you talking about the binkd service with Mystic, or the binkd program
itself?

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