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   Message 31,846 of 33,243   
   nelgin to All   
   Re: Switching to binkit   
   26 Apr 25 19:36:13   
   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   MSGID: 57931.sync_sys@1:103/705 2c7397b1   
   REPLY: 57930.sync_sys@1:103/705 2c736221   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/db95711af Apr 24 2025 GCC 13.3.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.24-Linux master/45743e3e1 Apr 22 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: EOTLBBS   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:36:08 -0700   
   "Nightfox" (VERT/DIGDIST)    
   wrote:   
      
   >   Re: Switching to binkit   
   >   By: nelgin to All on Thu Apr 24 2025 01:21 pm   
   >    
   >  ne> I'm considering moving from binkp to binkit for no particular   
   >  ne> reason and just wondered who has done this in the past and are   
   >  ne> there any pros/cons to the process?     
   >    
   > I haven't used binkp, but when I ran my BBS in Windows, I was using   
   > Radius for my mailer.  I eventually decided to switch to binkit   
   > because binkit is written in JS for Synchronet and would run wherever   
   > Synchronet runs.  I wanted to move my BBS to Linux (which I   
   > eventually did), and using binkit helped with that, since binkit   
   > continued to run in Linux just as it did in Windows.   
   >    
   > I imagine your reasons may differ though..  If you have a setup that   
   > already works, there may be less of a compelling reason to switch,   
   > unless you want something that's better integrated with Synchronet.   
      
   That's the thing. Really no compelling reason other than to have   
   integrated with Synchronet and one less thing I have to keep updated.   
   However I find the whole echocfg rather fiddly and, as they say, if it   
   aint broke, don't fix it.   
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