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|    Bill McGarrity to Dallas Hinton    |
|    Re: Polling times    |
|    26 Apr 14 14:09:00    |
      -=> Dallas Hinton wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-              Hiya Dallas..               BM> I am assuming 1:138/0 is your hub? If so and you want to cover all        BM> 4 of Fido's zones for netmail, then try this:               BM> route-to 1:138/0 1* 2* 3* 4*        BM> except 1:342/*        BM> route-to 1:342/0.0 1:342/*        BM> except 1:343/*        BM> route-to 1:343/3.0 1:343/*        BM> HOLD 1:153/7041               DH> Ahh -- I'm beginning to see!!               DH> EVENT A        DH> Unhold 1:153/7041               BM> You really don't need the above hold/unhold as it will stay in your        BM> outbound till the event A is run. The -fs stands for fetch and send.        BM> IF that node were to connect to you, then it would go. If you don't        BM> want the other node the ability to pick up mail then use the        BM> hold/unhold option               DH> EVENT B        DH> hold 1:153/7041               BM> Again, if you want to keep the node from retrieving their own mail        BM> then leave this in. Just make sure event B runs right after A is        BM> finished.               DH> If I don't have the hold and unhold lines, then do I even need to        DH> mention Event A and B in route.rex? There wouldn't be anything under        DH> them!              Leave it in then... either way.. :)               DH> =============        DH> And event manager for A says        DH> all days, 00:00-24:00, run every 12:00 -fs 1:153/7041               BM> So you're polling every 12 hours. rather a long stretch between mail        BM> runs. :) But it looks good...               DH> Yes, that's the plan - I've one node who doesn't want me to hit him        DH> very often, the others seem happy with the every 1/2 hour irex seems to        DH> do by default!              That's strange... I can see if it was a POTS connection but binkd? OK.. :)              I just so happened to read Joe's reply to you regarding transfer protocol and       he maybe onto something. IRex reports 1.1 but only connects at 1.0. Check to       see if your links are trying to connect with 1.1 in your logs.               Be well...                     Bill              Telnet: bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net       Web: bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net       IRC: irc.tequilamockingbirdonline.net Ports: 6661-6670 SSL: +6697       Radio: radio.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:8010/live                     ... Motorcycles are everywhere... Look twice, save a life!!       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50       --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32        * Origin: TequilaMockingbird Online - Toms River, NJ (1:266/404)    |
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