Subj : Re: BinkD
To   : Joacim Melin
From : Al DeRosa
Date : Sun Aug 11 2019 09:26:41

On 11 Aug 2019, Joacim Melin said the following...
 
 JM> 
 JM> Here's how I do it, and it works really well. 
 JM> 
 JM> On a virtualized Linux machine (Ubuntu) I run Binkd and Crashmail II
 JM> (check Github...). Binkd is the mailer and Crashmail II is the tosser. I
 JM> handle all the mailing/storing/tossing stuff on that Linux machine and
 JM> then offer that to the Amiga 2000 running my BBS via NFS.  My BBS then
 JM> has a scripts that imports and exports all messages in the MSG format
 JM> from/to the Linux machine.
 JM> 
 JM> Do note this: The Amiga (or at least my BBS software) read and wrote 16
 JM> bit values in the .MSG files in the big endian format which works fine
 JM> with tossers running on the Amiga. Crashmail II on x86 and Linux uses
 JM> the little endian format which caused outgoing mail never to be found by
 JM> the tosser.  The developer of my BBS software fixed this - I'm unure if
 JM> this is an issue with all Amiga based software packages. The same
 JM> problem arose when I tried to use the Crashmail tosser on the Amiga and
 JM> then send the packages to the Linux machine where Binkd runs. 
 JM> 
 JM> (sorry for late reply, etc). 

Here is another way.. I although run my CNet Amiga system in WinUAE it can be
done the same way with real hardware. I run BinkD in Windows, When files come
in a cron event on the Amiga side copies the files over to a Amiga directory
where CNet tosses it all via a script. (If you can share a networked
directory between a PC and the Amiga, you can use that directory then copy
the files straight to the Amiga). After the files are tossed by your BBS
program if anything is going out from the BBS you do the same thing via
another script copying the files to the PC directory where BinkD will send
them out.. I have been doing it this way since September of last year and it
works flawlessly.. I do have a pdf file available explaining how to set up
everything on my Amiga BBS.. If anyone wants the address I will post it..

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