Hello
I am running the current version of SynchroNet BBS on Windows 11 Pro. I set all the FidoNet events to run every 5 hours and placed on the nodes on hold. For some reason after posting messages on the FTN Networks the system continues call and send the echo messages when I want SynchroNet to wait until the event happens to send out all the echo mail.
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to All on Mon Apr 06 2026 05:23 pm
Hello
I am running the current version of SynchroNet BBS on Windows 11 Pro. I set all the FidoNet events to run every 5 hours and
placed on the nodes on hold. For some reason after posting messages on the FTN Networks the system continues call and send the
echo messages when I want SynchroNet to wait until the event happens to send out all the echo mail.
I changed the Call-out Frequency 5 times a day but Fidonet is not doing the same amount of call outs and keeps calling
the hubs after I post new messages in the echo. I changed all the Fidonet events to 5 but that is not working.
Change it to once a day.
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Tue Apr 07 2026 01:34 pm
Change it to once a day.
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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Tue Apr 07 2026 01:34 pm
Change it to once a day.
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Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.
Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.
But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.
Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.
But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.
I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to Plt on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:01 am
Howdy,
Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.
But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.
I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).
I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).
Hello
I am not complaining and just trying to keep my hubs happy. I do not want the system to call the hubs each time
a new message have been posted in the echoes. All the hubs status have already been placed on hold and all the fidonet
events have changed changes to run 4 times a day.
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 09:20 pm
Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.
But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.
I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).
Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank),
so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then immediately run
binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.
I am not complaining and just trying to keep my hubs happy. I do not want the system to call the hubs each time
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to deon on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:19 pm
I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).
echocfg->Paths->> Outgoing Semaphore File is *blank* by default).Hello
I am not complaining and just trying to keep my hubs happy. I do not want the system to call the hubs each time a new message
have been posted in the echoes. All the hubs status have already been placed on hold and all the fidonet events have changed
changes to run 4 times a day.
That's not how Synchronet and SBBSecho work, by default. The default configuration is when a new echomail message is
locally-posted, the FIDOOUT event is run (because the default setting of SCFG->Networks->FidoNet->Echomail Sempahore is set to
"%jfidoout.now"). FIDOUT runs SBBSecho export, but does *not* trigger a BinkIT/BinkP outbound connection (because
So... did you change a setting? Do you have log output that demonstates the issue?
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to deon on Fri Apr 10 2026 10:17:36
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 09:20 pm
Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.
But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.
I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).
Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank), so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then immediately run binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.
This is what I am using
Paths and Filenames ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
³Non-secure Inbound Directory ../fido/nonsecure
³Secure Inbound Directory ../fido/inbound
³Outbound Directory ../fido/outbound
³Area File ../data/areas.bbs
³Bad Area File ../data/badareas.lst
³Log File ../data/sbbsecho.log
³Echo Statistics File ../data/echostats.ini
³Temporary File Directory ../temp/sbbsecho
³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now
º ³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now º°°°
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 07:12 pm
º ³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now º°°°
Clear that.
And here's how it got set:
load/install-binkit.js: ini.iniSetValue(null, "OutgoingSemaphore", "../data/binkout.now");
So that explains that: you didn't set it, it's set by the the binkit installer. Sorry about that,
Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is
blank), so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then
immediately run binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to Plt on Fri Apr 10 2026 21:17:01
Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 07:12 pm
º ³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now º°°°
Clear that.
And here's how it got set:
load/install-binkit.js: ini.iniSetValue(null, "OutgoingSemaphore", "../data/binkout.now");
So that explains that: you didn't set it, it's set by the the binkit installer. Sorry about that,
Its no problem. If you're refering to me using Initial FidoNet Setup then I only used it once to setup
FidoNet and I setup FSX by hand.
Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank), so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then immediately run binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.
I am not sure here if one of them should be blank or not to use only the FidoNet event to do the call out??
Yeah, that script sets that setting since "most" sysops probably want their mail packets to be delivered ASAP.
Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is
blank), so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then
immediately run binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.
I am not sure here if one of them should be blank or not to use only the FidoNet event to do the call out??
Right, just clear out the "Outgoing Semaphore File" in echocfg, and that'll achieve what you've been asking for.
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