BBS: TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto: FidoNet Poll
De: Digital Man
Data: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:14:47 -0700
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bBynb: hcPlt bto cDigital Man bon cFri Apr 10 2026 01:28 pmn
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> BByNB: HCDigital Man Bto Cdeon Bon CFri Apr 10 2026 10:17:36
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> DM> Re: FidoNet Poll
> DM> By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 09:20 pm
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> >>>> 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).
>
> DM> Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do
> DM> that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank), so while (by
> DM> default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho
> DM> export), it will not then immediately run binkit.js. If it is, it's
> DM> because Phil changed some setting.
>
>
> This is what I am using
>
> Paths and Filenames
>
> Non-secure Inbound Directory ../fido/nonsecure
> Secure Inbound Directory ../fido/inbound
> Outbound Directory ../fido/outbound
> Area File ../data/areas.bbs
> Bad Area File ../data/badareas.lst
> Log File ../data/sbbsecho.log
> Echo Statistics File ../data/echostats.ini
> Temporary File Directory ../temp/sbbsecho
> Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now
So you must've set the Outgoing Semaphore File to that value? Change it back to the default (blank) and it won't immediately perform a BinkIt call-out.
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