Hi! Niels,   
      
   (I normally don't read here but I just happened to be browsing echoes, and,   
   Fmail has always been my second favourite tosser... :)   
      
   In a message to All you wrote:   
      
    NJ> Is anyone using binkd as a mailer?  I am currently running FMail Toss   
    NJ> in my editor startup script, but I assume it is also possible to run   
    NJ> FMail at the time of receival.  Is the "exec" command in binkd.cfg   
    NJ> the way to go here?  I wonder what approaches you guys use for this   
    NJ> purpose.   
      
   I've always preferred to use the 'exec' command, to fire-up a DOS batch rather   
   than just the tosser's executable.  So, my old binkD (v0.95a) config file   
   included:   
      
   ---8<---   
   exec "start /m M:\\Binkley\\BinkBats\\ThisToss.Pif" *.pkt *.tic   
   exec "start /m M:\\Binkley\\BinkBats\\ThisToss.Pif" *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we?   
   *.th? *.fr? *.sa?   
   exec "SRIF_Req.Bat *S M:\\BINKLEY\\FreqAlia.Txt I:\\FreqFail.txt" *.req   
   ---8<---   
      
   N.B.  The command for the tosser calls the .Pif rather than the batch   
   directly.  It's one of those nice Win9x features.  Yes, I still run Win98se in   
   a VirtualBox (vBox).   
      
   These days I usually run Radius but the binkD configuration is a nice backup   
   and came in handy for a month or so in late 2010 when Radius was a bit wobbly   
   (it was Windows's fault not Radius).  The batch files work whether running   
   either from binkD or Radius.   
      
   For a Linux flavoured binkD (also v0.95a) running near 24/7 in another vBox   
   but which does -not- receive *.Tic files, I use:   
      
   ---8<---   
   exec "/opt/ftn/fido/bin/newNodeL.sh" [Nn][Oo][Dd][Ee][Ll][Ii][Ss   
   [Tt].[Zz][0-9][0-9] binkd.txt   
   exec "/opt/ftn/fido/bin/tossmail" *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa?   
   *.pkt   
   ---8<---   
      
   In this case, both "newNodeL.sh" and "tossmail" are shell scripts rather than   
   calling any particular software distribution's executable directly.   
      
   BTW, I also run another binkD (v1.0a-551) 24/7 on the host Ubuntu PC that runs   
   a 'Stargate' facility, accepting files from any other machine on the LAN.    
   They just magically appear.  =:)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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