I'll go through all of your message later, but this I can help you with quicky   
   I think.   
      
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     Flags: BND|IP|TX|IBN   .. not the type flags this field is looking for.   
      
    It should be this:   
         Flags: XX   
      
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   > How I call the system from command line using screen   
   > ./bbbsd 1 2 telnetd:2424 httpd:8443 rawd:24556:binkp   
      
   > At the moment I am not able to have a connection with the HUB.   
      
   ./bbbsd 1 2 telnetd:2424 httpd:8443 rawd:24556:binkp "quiet" "fork" "uid:bbs" &   
      
   The & runs it in the background.   
      
   You can type ./bbbsd --help and you will see a good help screen.   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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