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  • paulies stupidity #32

    From Al@21:4/106.1 to paulie420 on Sun Jan 11 02:51:56 2026

    So, I learned today that... SMH;

    I didn't have BINKP set to active in my Mystic config.
    Yea.

    So, what was I missing?; the ability to receive incoming connections? Like netmail?

    Yes, you were missing inbound connections. In the case of your hubs you would poll them and pick stuff up so no worries. If anyone tried to send anything to you directly that would not have been possible.

    I suppose, tG & BP, that would explain a bit...

    If you want to be contactable/pollable directly you need the binkp server active.

    I left the settings to stock, AND have been telling my message nets that the port is standard, so... I *think* I should be ok - do I need to test anything?

    For your server to be contactable by anyone I would leave off "force CRAM-MD5" so mailers like BBBS (BBBS doesn't support CRAM-MD5) can poll. Also leave on "Allow Unsecure" so you can accept polls from nodes that are not in your config, and so there is no password for those connections.

    I'm going to dive into a Mystic upgrade from A45 to A47.

    Is there anything I should watch out for/do?

    I have noticed a small problem with the TZUTC kludge that will probably be fixed soon and is really nothing to worry about. I noticed this problem with the linux64 version and it may not even affect the others.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.1)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Sun Jan 11 02:51:56 2026

    On 17 Oct 2020 at 02:14p, Al pondered and said...

    Yes, you were missing inbound connections. In the case of your hubs you would poll them and pick stuff up so no worries. If anyone tried to send anything to you directly that would not have been possible.

    You would also want your HUB to set your node to CRASH so it tries to push packets to your BinkP server

    For your server to be contactable by anyone I would leave off "force CRAM-MD5" so mailers like BBBS (BBBS doesn't support CRAM-MD5) can poll. Also leave on "Allow Unsecure" so you can accept polls from nodes that
    are not in your config, and so there is no password for those
    connections.

    good advice :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Al@21:4/106.2 to Accession on Sun Jan 11 02:51:59 2026

    On 18 Oct 2020, Accession said the following...

    I have noticed a small problem with the TZUTC kludge that will probab befixed soon and is really nothing to worry about. I noticed this problem withthe linux64 version and it may not even affect the others

    Let's see if it affects others running Linux64..?

    Yes, and your version is very close to mine and yet I see your time is accurate and includes a TZUTC of -0500.

    My time is accurate too.. it's just UTC.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/17 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Equinox BBS - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.2)