On 12/09/18, Gary McCulloch said the following...   
       
    GM> On Sun  9-Dec-2018 12:12p, Stephen Walsh@3:633/280.0 said to Gary   
    GM> SW> To make binkd call out and then exit use this:   
    GM> SW> binkd -p -P 1:1/20 binkd.conf   
    GM> SW> Binkd has different process tree's deping on the options sent to it at   
    GM> SW> startup. So you can have the server part   
    GM> SW> sitting in the background all the time, and then fire up the client si   
    GM> SW> to    
    GM> SW> make outgoing connections.   
    GM> SW> You send areafix/filefix requests via netmail. ie:   
    GM> SW> To: areafix@1:1/20   
    GM> SW> Subject: yoursecretpassword   
    GM> SW> +AMIGA   
    GM> SW> +GAME-DUDE   
    GM> SW> -SHITAREA   
    GM> SW> -!-   
    GM> SW> NOTE: I have changed the end of the above sample, so the messages does   
    GM> SW> get    
    GM> SW> munged as it passes around the   
    GM> SW> network. You need to use three - at the end of the message...   
    GM> McCulloch:   
    GM>    
    GM>         Thanks for all the help.  If I wanted and AREAFIX for all of   
    GM> RetroNet's echos, I would have to add +ECHONAME for each echo?   
    GM>      
   No, MS areafix@80:774/1 your password as subject and in the body of message   
   you would enter %rescan     
      
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