Well, after some difficulities it looks like I have my new feed somewhat working. I'm not even sure what I did to get it working but I did. Could have been an unseen character or space in Binkd.

Now my question. In the configuration flag I've always seen the line that a "Toss Flag" should be created when mail is sent. And there is a directory in either Binkd or Terminate called Toss Flag but there is never anything that gets put there.

So the question is what is the toss flag where should it be and what should
I see there, and how do I get Binkd to DO the toss flag.

Thanks

Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

Have a nice day, All!

Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 09-Jul-2016 at 6:30.
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Well, after some difficulities it looks like I have my new feed somewhat working. I'm not even sure what I did to get it working but I did. Could have been an unseen character or space in Binkd.

Now my question. In the configuration flag I've always seen the line that a "Toss Flag" should be created when mail is sent. And there is a file in Binkd Toss.flg but there is never anything that gets put there.

So the question is what is the toss flag where should it be and what should
I see there, and how do I get Binkd to DO the toss flag.

Thanks

Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

Have a nice day, All!

Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 09-Jul-2016 at 6:30.
Fido : 1:142/926 - Internet : n1api@cox.net

.!. There is no conclusive evidence about what happens to old skeptics,
.!. but their future is doubtful.
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09 Jul 16 06:30, you wrote to All:

So the question is what is the toss flag where should it be and what should I see there, and how do I get Binkd to DO the toss flag.

the toss flag is just a disk-based semaphore file... you can create the toss flag when new mail arrives... then you have another process watch for the semaphore file and toss the inbound mail when the semaphore exists exists... don't forget to delete the semaphore when you start the tossing process...


#create the semaphore file
flag x:\\my\\semaphores\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa? *.pkt *.tic



OR you can just spawn the tossing process directly...


#execute the toss process directly
exec "nice -n 19 /home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link" /home/myuser/fido/inbound/secure/*.[STFWMstfwm][ouaherOUAHER][0-9A-Za-z] *.[pP][kK][tT]


it all depends on what you want to do and how you want to do it...


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mark lewis wrote to Al Kaiser Subject: Question about BINKD

the toss flag is just a disk-based semaphore file... you can
create the toss flag when new mail arrives... then you have another process watch for the semaphore file and toss the inbound mail when
the semaphore exists exists... don't forget to delete the semaphore
when you start the tossing process..

#create the semaphore file flag
x:\\my\\semaphores\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr?
*.sa? *.pkt *.ti

OR you can just spawn the tossing process directly...

#execute the toss process directly exec "nice -n 19 /home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link" /home/myuser/fido/inbound/secure/*.[STFWMstfwm][ouaherOUAHER][0-9A-
Za-z] *.[pP][kK][tT

it all depends on what you want to do and how you want to do it...

Ok thanks for the information. It looks like it is doing what it's
supposed to. I was expecting something like a report, "I did this or that."

Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

Have a nice day, mark!

Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 10-Jul-2016 at 0:24.
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10 Jul 16 00:24, you wrote to me:

it all depends on what you want to do and how you want to do it...

Ok thanks for the information. It looks like it is doing what it's supposed to. I was expecting something like a report, "I did this or that."

you mean like this from my linux box? lines 3, 6 and 7...

- 09:04 [7054] receiving 6B16CAEC.PKT (34493 byte(s), off 0)
+ 09:04 [7054] 6B16CAEC.PKT -> /home/myuser/fido/inbound/secure/6B16CAEC.PKT
09:04 [7054] got *.[pP][kK][tT], delayed starting nice -n 19 /home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link
+ 09:04 [7054] rcvd: 6B16CAEC.PKT (34493, 34493.00 CPS, 1:3634/12@fidonet)
+ 09:04 [7054] done (from 1:3634/12@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1 (0/34493 bytes))
09:04 [7054] Running nice -n 19 /home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link
- 09:04 [7054] executing `nice -n 19 /home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link'
- 09:04 [7054] rc=0
09:04 [7054] session closed, quitting...
09:04 [13703] rc(7054)=0


or this one from my OS2 box? lines 3 and 6...

- 09:38:14 [8101] receiving 57824fbc.pkt (7285 byte(s), off 0)
+ 09:38:15 [8101] 57824fbc.pkt -> d:\fd\boxes\1\123\500\from\57824fbc.pkt
09:38:15 [8101] got *.pkt, delayed creating e:\fd\semaphor\mail-in.sem
+ 09:38:15 [8101] rcvd: 57824fbc.pkt (7285, 7285.00 CPS, 1:123/500@fidonet)
+ 09:38:15 [8101] done (from 1:123/500@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1 (0/7285 bytes))
09:38:15 [8101] Creating e:\fd\semaphor\mail-in.sem
09:38:15 [8101] session closed, quitting...
09:38:15 [222] rc(8101)=0


you may not have your loglevel and conlog set high enough... i run both of mine
at 4...

loglevel 4
conlog 4

also note that you won't see any entry like that unless you receive a file that
matches the template you specified...

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