To anyone on Zone 2, are you also not getting a response from THOLIAN?

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Nodoka Hanamura wrote to All:

To anyone on Zone 2, are you also not getting a response from THOLIAN?

I'm in net 4 but just tried to poll 2/100 with no luck. I suspect that BBS
went down for some reason. :(

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: Nodoka Hanamura to All on Fri Jul 17 2020 06:47 am

To anyone on Zone 2, are you also not getting a response from THOLIAN?

It would appear that way, I have mail queued up for Hub 2...

...ëîåï

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To anyone on Zone 2, are you also not getting a response from THOLIAN

Same here from 2/115, no response to 2/100.

-r

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Re: Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: rushfan to alterego on Fri Jul 17 2020 11:47 am

To anyone on Zone 2, are you also not getting a response from
THOLIAN

I've heard back from Todd - he's remote rebooted his system and if that didnt work, he'll physically take a look in 2hrs or so.

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On 17 Jul 2020 at 11:03a, alterego pondered and said...

I've heard back from Todd - he's remote rebooted his system and if that didnt work, he'll physically take a look in 2hrs or so.

It's all working for me now. If you chat with him again let him know my gratitude for the wonderful free service he provides for me to have a hobby.

It's very much appreciated, and I know it's a pain to keep things running.

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Is anyone else getting an authentication error? I can't recieve anything from Tholian for some reason.

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On 19 Jul 2020 at 05:29p, Nodoka Hanamura pondered and said...

Is anyone else getting an authentication error? I can't recieve anything from Tholian for some reason.

I'm the same as you...

Polling Tholian like I normally do isn't getting fsxNet to my board.
Am I missing facts that I can just poll somewhere else temporarily or
manually? Is there a way to pull all my normal stuff thru a different node/zone/whatever???
pAULIE42o

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mastermind wrote to Nodoka Hanamura:

Is anyone else getting an authentication error? I can't recieve anything from Tholian for some reason.

I'm the same as you...

Polling Tholian like I normally do isn't getting fsxNet to my board.
Am I missing facts that I can just poll somewhere else temporarily or manually? Is there a way to pull all my normal stuff thru a different node/zone/whatever???

You could ask one of the other hubs for a link also. I have a link at hub 3 that is currently unused but I could use in case of something like this.

A secondary hub will not send mail if your node is listed in the seen-bys so keep that in mind.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: Al to mastermind on Sun Jul 19 2020 01:31 pm

Is anyone else getting an authentication error? I can't recieve
anything from Tholian for some reason.

So I've left a message with Todd - to let him know that his system is down. I havent seen a reply yet, but when I do I'll share an update (if the reply isnt it being fixed).

You could ask one of the other hubs for a link also. I have a link at hub 3 that is currently unused but I could use in case of something like this.

Hey Al, you may want to test that it is still working. Since we set this up, I've moved Hub 3 onto the default port 24554 and changed over to HPT. It should

































































be good, but incase its not working, let me know.

Happy to help anybody else with a second feed if you are suffering withdrawal symptons :)

A secondary hub will not send mail if your node is listed in the seen-bys so keep that in mind.

This shouldnt be an issue - since if your hub is down, then nobody else will have you as a SEEN-BY (and you'll get messages). But what will happen, is when your hub comes back up, depending on where a message originated, you will probably get a message a second time - so make sure your dupe checking is on if

































































this is an issue.

(And just a reminder, netmail only routes from your original hub, so if it is down, your netmail will be in a queue somewhere.)

...ëîåï

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alterego wrote to Al:

Hey Al, you may want to test that it is still working.

Probably should since I have made some changes here recently.

Since we set this up, I've moved Hub 3 onto the default port 24554 and changed over to HPT.

I have changed over to MBSE so I don't have the ability to poll you with
binkps anymore and I don't have a binkps listener anymore. I broke that
messing with nginx's config and I haven't been able to get an TLS listener working.

I just polled you successfully and will send a %help and %list in a few
minutes and see what I get.

It should be good, but incase its not working, let me know.

I think so but you'll want to be sure you are sending to the regular binkp
port instead of the binkps port (since I don't have one) or that might get stuck in your inbound.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: Al to alterego on Sat Jul 25 2020 02:04 am

Hey Al,

I have changed over to MBSE so I don't have the ability to poll you with binkps anymore and I don't have a binkps listener anymore. I broke that messing with nginx's config and I haven't been able to get an TLS listener working.

No problem - binkp works too.

Do you want my nginx config? I use it on Hub 3.

I think so but you'll want to be sure you are sending to the regular binkp port instead of the binkps port (since I don't have one) or that might get stuck in your inbound.

OK, done, I'll check it.

...ëîåï

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alterego wrote to Al:

No problem - binkp works too.

Yep, I can connect to either binkp or itn.

Do you want my nginx config? I use it on Hub 3.

I was using nginx exclusively for binkps on port 24553. I didn't have a
website online at the time. When I did put a website up I couldn't figure
out how to have both the website and the binkps listener so if your config
does that, yeah.. I could use a look.. :)

I think so but you'll want to be sure you are sending to the regular binkp port instead of the binkps port (since I don't have one) or
that might get stuck in your inbound.

I meant your outbound but you knew that.. :)

OK, done, I'll check it.

I did send a netmail to areafix for a help message and list of areas but
I haven't heard back yet.. ?

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: Al to alterego on Sat Jul 25 2020 05:23 pm

Hi Al,

Do you want my nginx config? I use it on Hub 3.

I was using nginx exclusively for binkps on port 24553. I didn't have a website online at the time. When I did put a website up I couldn't figure out how to have both the website and the binkps listener so if your config does that, yeah.. I could use a look.. :)

Ahh, mine only does port 24553 - but should be OK to use with normal web usage as well. (My synchronet takes care of web requests - but behind a different nginx server in docker.)

I meant your outbound but you knew that.. :)

Its funny how you read back on messages - yes I did know outbound but didnt notice that you had inbound until I re-read it just now!

I did send a netmail to areafix for a help message and list of areas but
I haven't heard back yet.. ?

Yeah, found it - no packet password.

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alterego wrote to Al:

I did send a netmail to areafix for a help message and list of areas but I haven't heard back yet.. ?

Yeah, found it - no packet password.

OK, I didn't have a packet password set. It's in there now so I'll try again
in a few minutes.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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alterego wrote to Al:

Yeah, found it - no packet password.

I added the packet password and the list looks good now. I'm going to link
them all and we'll see what happens.. :)

There seemed to be one out of place area, dove-hamo.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: Al to alterego on Sat Jul 25 2020 06:31 pm

There seemed to be one out of place area, dove-hamo.

Ahh, thanks... Fixed :)

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Re: Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: Al to alterego on Sat Jul 25 2020 02:04 am

I have changed over to MBSE so I don't have the ability to poll you with

Hello Al

How do you like and what are you running it on top of, I tried installing it
a while back and ran into nothing but trouble and really never got it install.

Tell me more if you would.




-Havok










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Havok wrote to Al:

I have changed over to MBSE so I don't have the ability to poll you

How do you like and what are you running it on top of, I tried installing it a while back and ran into nothing but trouble and really never got it install.

MBSE is not as simple to install as other packages. It's not really hard
either but you have to understand what you are doing and why.

If you have questions about installing or running MBSE just ask.. :)

Tell me more if you would.

MBSE is a strong mailer/ticer/tosser. A sysop with many links will like it
as well as those linked nodes. That might be my bias showing there.. ;)

The BBS side of MBSE is a little thin but most features work as intended.

I have never advertised it but you (or anyone) is welcome to check out the
BBS at telnet://trmb.ca

When you log into MBSE for the first time you need to answer all the usual questions, real name, alias etc. At the end of that you will be asked to
create a username and password for login and then it will hang up. You can
then login with that username (you might use havok) and password to log into the BBS.

I read recently that there was a new developer in the MBSE BBS crew so there may be new features or fixes coming to MBSE.

I could talk about MBSE in great detail if anyone wanted to hear it.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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I could talk about MBSE in great detail if anyone wanted to hear
it.

sure :)

i remember trying out MBSE but did not like that it creates a linux user
for every bbs user.

Mindsurfer

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Mindsurfer wrote to Al:

i remember trying out MBSE but did not like that it creates a linux user
for every bbs user.

I never cared for that either but it does work. It is good in that it stores passwords securely outside of the BBS. If you ever back up your BBS you have
to remember to take a copy of your /etc/passwd file also.. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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i remember trying out MBSE but did not like that it creates a
linux user for every bbs user.

I never cared for that either but it does work. It is good in that
it stores passwords securely outside of the BBS. If you ever back
up your BBS you have to remember to take a copy of your /etc/passwd
file also.. :)

maybe i give it a second try. but yes, how to backup mbse and all home
folders and how to keep it seprerate from a second bbs on the same system
is interessting to me.

Mindsurfer

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Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail areas it has not received? Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this is handled?

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On 03 Oct 2020, 09:30p, Avon said the following...

Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail areas
it has not received? Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this is handled?

Yes, HPT will create the message bases as long as you have defaults that you give it. There are some that get set up under the links, and then you can set further defaults for each network.

Here's what I have for uplink defaults:

LinkDefaults begin
ArcmailSize 1000
PktSize 500
allowEmptyPktPwd on
allowPktAddrDiffer off
Packer zip
Level 200
ForwardRequests off
AutoCreate on
CreateAreasCase lower
delNotReceivedTIC on
areafixName AreaFix
ArcNetmail on
packNetmail off
EchomailFlavour crash
netMailFlavour crash
Flavour crash
AutoAreaCreateSubdirs off
filefixName FileFix
FileEchoFlavour Normal
AutoFileCreateSubdirs off
areafixAutoCreateFile /home/dan/husky/areas
filefixAutoCreateFile /home/dan/husky/fileareas
LinkDefaults end

Then, the defaults for fsxNet echos:

EchoAreaDefaults -b Jam -g fsx -a 21:1/186 -dupecheck move -dupehistory 1100 EchoArea FSX_BBS /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_bbs -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_BOT /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_bot -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_CRY /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_cry -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_DAT /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_dat -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_ENG /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_eng -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_GEN /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_gen -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_HAM /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_ham -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_MAG /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_mag -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_MYS /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_mys -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_NET /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_net -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100


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Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail areas it
has not received?

Yes.

Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this is handled?

I haven't used the feature in many years but you can give a link the ability to do this with the keyword "AreafixAutoCreateDefaults".

If BP has this setup he may have a better handle on it than I do. It's a tricky option to setup. I think you'll need "AutoAreaCreateFile" also depending on your setup.

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Re: Re: HPT
By: Al to Avon on Sat Oct 03 2020 01:46 am

I haven't used the feature in many years but you can give a link the ability to do this with the keyword "AreafixAutoCreateDefaults".
If BP has this setup he may have a better handle on it than I do. It's a tricky option to setup. I think you'll need
"AutoAreaCreateFile" also depending on your setup.

Yup, I have that set for hubs but not nodes.

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On 03 Oct 2020 at 02:46a, Black Panther pondered and said...

On 03 Oct 2020, 09:30p, Avon said the following...

Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail area it has not received? Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this handled?

Yes, HPT will create the message bases as long as you have defaults that you give it. There are some that get set up under the links, and then
you can set further defaults for each network.

Good, as I want to merge down (ultimately) the 3:770/1 21:1/100 and 21:1/10 HUBs into one system.

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On 03 Oct 2020 at 01:46a, Al pondered and said...

Yes.
I haven't used the feature in many years but you can give a link the ability to

do this with the keyword "AreafixAutoCreateDefaults".

With thanks :)

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On 04 Oct 2020, 09:37a, Avon said the following...

Good, as I want to merge down (ultimately) the 3:770/1 21:1/100 and 21:1/10 HUBs into one system.

I might do that here as well. Once I get everything set up for the Hub 4 change, I may just put it on the CRBBS system. Then I would have another
system that I would have to find a use for... ;)


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