• Re: Using retro hardware to access other

    From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Doctor Wade on Wed Aug 11 13:09:30 2021
    On 11 Aug 21 11:06:08, Doctor Wade said the following to Oli:

    I am sure I am overlooking something simple but as of now I can't find it. The logs do not reveal much information. The outgoing mail never makes it t the D'Bridge C:\DB\OUTBOUND directory to be sent out.

    Any 3rd-party tossers used with D'Bridge must either specifically support the unique D'Bridge queue-format, or configured for Frontdoor or "Dynamic" mode where the outbound bundles are in Arcmail format and have corrosponding *.MSG Netmail attachments. For example, a Netmail message called 2.MSG with C:\DB\OUTBOUND\00001000.SU0 in the subject line and KillFile attribute.

    Also the D'Bridge directories QUEUE and PACKETS should *never* be used by any other programs. I assume this "outbound" directory you mention is related to the tosser you're running and not sharing a setting in D'Bridge Config-Dirs.

    Atreyu

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)
  • From doctor wade@21:3/105 to Atreyu on Wed Aug 11 14:15:08 2021
    Any 3rd-party tossers used with D'Bridge must either specifically
    support the unique D'Bridge queue-format, or configured for Frontdoor or "Dynamic" mode where the outbound bundles are in Arcmail format and have corrosponding *.MSG Netmail attachments. For example, a Netmail message
    Ok. I will have to check into that. I have never used D"Bridge before. I just picked it since it came with binkd and connects to my Mystic node.
    Also the D'Bridge directories QUEUE and PACKETS should *never* be used
    by any other programs. I assume this "outbound" directory you mention is related to the tosser you're running and not sharing a setting in
    D'Bridge Config-Dirs.
    Yep. My bad. My D'Bridge configuration has Outbound queue path of
    C:\DB\QUEUE\
    Nothing in Squish or Maximus is pointing to Queue or Packets directories. I think some of my confusion is knowing the difference between Squish and *.MSG format. I have read the docs for both Maximus, D'Bridge, and Squish and I am still confused. I am not sure how Squish is supposed to get the packets to D'Bridge to send them out. I will keep at it...
    Thanks for your help!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Lab BBS (21:3/105)
  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Doctor Wade on Wed Aug 11 19:15:58 2021
    On 11 Aug 21 14:15:08, Doctor Wade said the following to Atreyu:

    Nothing in Squish or Maximus is pointing to Queue or Packets directories. I think some of my confusion is knowing the difference between Squish and *.M format. I have read the docs for both Maximus, D'Bridge, and Squish and I a still confused. I am not sure how Squish is supposed to get the packets to D'Bridge to send them out. I will keep at it...
    Thanks for your help!

    I'm the current author of D'Bridge so if you're really stuck you can contact me directly anytime. You may want to hang out in the DBRIDGE echo on Fidonet as many sysops lurk there and I know there were some who had Max working good. I answer all posts, Netmails, emails, phone calls, I can assist via Teamviewer or Anydesk if you're really stuck.

    Basically when you tell D'Bridge to rescan the Queue, it scans every message in the Netmail directory to build an outgoing packet. Either a packet is built or the Netmail message is ignored due to its attributes. The mailer shows a counter on the screen of every message processed and what its doing with it.

    Also please make sure you are running the latest version available on www.dbridgemailer.com. The current release is August 4th.

    Atreyu

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)
  • From doctor wade@21:3/105 to Atreyu on Thu Aug 12 16:58:12 2021
    I'm the current author of D'Bridge so if you're really stuck you can contact me directly anytime. You may want to hang out in the DBRIDGE
    echo on Fidonet as many sysops lurk there and I know there were some who had Max working good. I answer all posts, Netmails, emails, phone calls,
    I can assist via Teamviewer or Anydesk if you're really stuck.
    Thanks!
    I think Db is working correctly. I sent a test message through it to the FSX_TST echo and got a reply back using the built in editor. My real problem
    is how to get the messages from DB to Maximus and from Maximus to DB, Once I figure that out it should be smooth sailing. I appreciate your offer for
    help. I will find a Fidonet bbs and look through the DB, Maximus, and Squish echos.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Lab BBS (21:3/105)