-=> On 01-09-15 09:20, Nicholas Boel wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-   
      
   Hiya Nick...   
      
    NB> On 09 Jan 15 09:26, Bill McGarrity wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    BM>> I'll be looking at it more this weekend.  As soon as I figure out   
    BM>> how binkd uses the nodelist I'll just crash direct,   
      
    NB>> Binkd doesn't use the raw nodelist, but someone compiles a   
    NB>> binkd-readable nodelist (I-BINKD file echo?). You can basically   
    NB>> just add a line your binkd.conf:   
      
    NB>> include /path/to/i-binkd/BINKD.TXT   
      
    NB>> Then subscribe to that file echo, and make the path match. As   
    NB>> soon as the next one arrives in that directory, binkd should   
    NB>> automatically restart due to a config file change (if using the   
    NB>> "-C" option).   
      
    BM> OK... I am assuming that only handles Fidonet.  What about the two   
    BM> other ftn networks I belong to. There must me a way to compile all   
    BM> three raw nodelists into something that binkd can read...   
      
    NB> That's probably where the nodelist.pl and perl hooks stuff you were   
    NB> recently looking at would come in. I only use BINKD.TXT, which is   
    NB> Fidonet only. That seems to be the only network that people want to   
    NB> make unsecure connections to. This only makes those connections secure   
    NB> passwordless connections instead.   
      
    NB> As long as you define your links you get your feeds from in those other   
    NB> FTN networks in or included in your binkd.cfg, you shouldn't need any   
    NB> more than that, unless of course you want to compile something like   
    NB> BINKD.TXT yourself.   
      
   Sounds good.  I've made the changes and all seems good for now.  I'll work on   
   the other networks when I get to know perl better and see what the hell the   
   -var mean.   
      
   Thanks so much for all your help with this...    
      
      
   Bill   
      
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