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  • Binkd vs BinkIt

    From Gamgee@1:103/705 to All on Fri Jun 23 21:40:00 2023
    Hello all,

    I know there are some (many?) SBBS sysops who run Binkd as their FTN
    mailer, rather than the more "built-in" BinkIt. I'm wondering why, and
    would like to hear some pro's/con's for doing it that way.

    I have always used BinkIt, and found it to be capable and stable.

    If it matters, I'm only interested in the Linux methods.

    Thanks in advance!



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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Fri Jun 23 20:31:57 2023
    Re: Binkd vs BinkIt
    By: Gamgee to All on Fri Jun 23 2023 09:40 pm

    I know there are some (many?) SBBS sysops who run Binkd as their FTN mailer, rather than the more "built-in" BinkIt. I'm wondering why, and would like to hear some pro's/con's for doing it that way.

    I have always used BinkIt, and found it to be capable and stable.

    I use BinkIt now, but I hadn't always used it. I've been using FTN networks since before BinkIt existed, so in the past I had to use something else. I eventually decided to switch to BinkIt though, because BinkIt is written in JS and would work in either Windows or Linux. I was running my BBS in Windows at the time, but I knew I'd probably move my BBS to Linux at some point, and when I did, I was glad I had started using BinkIt.

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Sat Jun 24 06:53:00 2023
    Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I know there are some (many?) SBBS sysops who run Binkd as their FTN mailer, rather than the more "built-in" BinkIt. I'm wondering why, and would like to hear some pro's/con's for doing it that way.

    I have always used BinkIt, and found it to be capable and stable.

    I use BinkIt now, but I hadn't always used it. I've been using
    FTN networks since before BinkIt existed, so in the past I had to
    use something else. I eventually decided to switch to BinkIt
    though, because BinkIt is written in JS and would work in either
    Windows or Linux. I was running my BBS in Windows at the time,
    but I knew I'd probably move my BBS to Linux at some point, and
    when I did, I was glad I had started using BinkIt.

    Okay, good point on the OS-interoperability for BinkIt, thanks.



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  • From Nelgin@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Sun Jun 25 02:03:37 2023
    On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:40:00 -0500
    "Gamgee" (VERT/PALANTIR) <VERT/PALANTIR!Gamgee@endofthelinebbs.com>
    wrote:

    Hello all,

    I know there are some (many?) SBBS sysops who run Binkd as their FTN
    mailer, rather than the more "built-in" BinkIt. I'm wondering why,
    and would like to hear some pro's/con's for doing it that way.

    I have always used BinkIt, and found it to be capable and stable.

    If it matters, I'm only interested in the Linux methods.

    I use binkd because binkit was not developed and still buggy for
    some time. I'm used to it. It works and is reliable and can still
    receive packets even if my BBS is down for some reason. I'm with the
    "if it aint broke don't fix it" crew.
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Nelgin on Sun Jun 25 08:02:00 2023
    Nelgin wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I know there are some (many?) SBBS sysops who run Binkd as their FTN
    mailer, rather than the more "built-in" BinkIt. I'm wondering why,
    and would like to hear some pro's/con's for doing it that way.

    I have always used BinkIt, and found it to be capable and stable.

    I use binkd because binkit was not developed and still buggy for
    some time. I'm used to it. It works and is reliable and can still
    receive packets even if my BBS is down for some reason. I'm with
    the "if it aint broke don't fix it" crew.

    Makes good sense. Thanks.



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  • From Mike Powell@1:103/705 to GAMGEE on Sun Jun 25 08:37:00 2023
    Okay, good point on the OS-interoperability for BinkIt, thanks.

    Binkd also has versions for multiple OSes. You do have to reinstall the executables for the new OS, but the config files are the same (IIRC).


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  • From Nelgin@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Sun Jun 25 12:05:08 2023
    Re: Re: Binkd vs BinkIt
    By: Gamgee to Nelgin on Sun Jun 25 2023 08:02:00

    the "if it aint broke don't fix it" crew.

    Makes good sense. Thanks.

    If I was starting from scratch, I'd probably go with BinkIt tho, so everything is integrated. Syncrhonet is extremely stable and crashes are rare. Using binkd it's another piece of software you have to keep up to date.
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Mike Powell on Sun Jun 25 14:48:00 2023
    Mike Powell wrote to GAMGEE <=-

    Okay, good point on the OS-interoperability for BinkIt, thanks.

    Binkd also has versions for multiple OSes. You do have to
    reinstall the executables for the new OS, but the config files
    are the same (IIRC).

    Yes, understood. I'd only be interested in the Linux variant, anyway.
    :-)



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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Nelgin on Sun Jun 25 14:49:00 2023
    Nelgin wrote to Gamgee <=-

    the "if it aint broke don't fix it" crew.

    Makes good sense. Thanks.

    If I was starting from scratch, I'd probably go with BinkIt tho,
    so everything is integrated. Syncrhonet is extremely stable and
    crashes are rare. Using binkd it's another piece of software you
    have to keep up to date.

    Yep, okay. I was just pondering if it (binkd) would be something worth switching to, for performance gains, or something. Sounds like I'll
    just stay with BinkIt. Thanks.



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  • From Mike Powell@1:103/705 to GAMGEE on Mon Jun 26 16:07:00 2023
    Okay, good point on the OS-interoperability for BinkIt, thanks.

    Binkd also has versions for multiple OSes. You do have to
    reinstall the executables for the new OS, but the config files
    are the same (IIRC).

    Yes, understood. I'd only be interested in the Linux variant, anyway.
    :-)

    The one thing I think is easier about Binkit is that it will read a synchronet-native config file rather than requiring that you keep an extra
    one that only binkd uses.

    I use binkit on linux and like it.

    I did not have a binkd mailer set up beforehand. If I already had binkd working, I might have stuck with it.


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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Mike Powell on Mon Jun 26 20:44:00 2023
    Mike Powell wrote to GAMGEE <=-

    Okay, good point on the OS-interoperability for BinkIt, thanks.

    Binkd also has versions for multiple OSes. You do have to
    reinstall the executables for the new OS, but the config files
    are the same (IIRC).

    Yes, understood. I'd only be interested in the Linux variant, anyway.
    :-)

    The one thing I think is easier about Binkit is that it will read
    a synchronet-native config file rather than requiring that you
    keep an extra one that only binkd uses.

    Good point; there are enough config files to track as it is.

    I use binkit on linux and like it.

    Me too.

    I did not have a binkd mailer set up beforehand. If I already
    had binkd working, I might have stuck with it.

    That seems to be a recurring thing, and it makes sense I guess.



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  • From Ragnarok@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Mon Jun 26 23:09:42 2023
    El 23/6/23 a las 23:40, Gamgee escribió:
    Hello all,

    I know there are some (many?) SBBS sysops who run Binkd as their FTN
    mailer, rather than the more "built-in" BinkIt. I'm wondering why, and
    would like to hear some pro's/con's for doing it that way.

    I have always used BinkIt, and found it to be capable and stable.

    If it matters, I'm only interested in the Linux methods.

    I migrated from binkd to binkitjs a few years ago.
    I have nothing to complain about. I am connected to several ftn
    networks, I have fidonet points for my node and I even host my own ftn network.

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Ragnarok on Tue Jun 27 08:11:00 2023
    Ragnarok wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I know there are some (many?) SBBS sysops who run Binkd as their FTN
    mailer, rather than the more "built-in" BinkIt. I'm wondering why, and would like to hear some pro's/con's for doing it that way.
    I have always used BinkIt, and found it to be capable and stable.
    If it matters, I'm only interested in the Linux methods.

    I migrated from binkd to binkitjs a few years ago.
    I have nothing to complain about. I am connected to several ftn
    networks, I have fidonet points for my node and I even host my
    own ftn network.

    Cool, thanks for your reply. Gonna stick with Binkit.



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