Subj : Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
To   : Gamgee
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 18:03:36

  Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
  By: Gamgee to Al on Sat Mar 08 2025 04:03 pm

 >   Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
 >   By: Al to Gamgee on Fri Mar 19 2021 08:33 pm
 >
 >  >   Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
 >  >   By: Gamgee to Al on Fri Mar 19 2021 09:23 pm
 >
 >  >  Ga> So, who do we address the netmail to? I get the part about the
 >  >  Ga> subject line, such as "FR: NASA", and I see your node number, but
 >  >  Ga> the netmail has to be in the form of "user name@1:153/757". What
 >  >  Ga> "user name" should be used?
 >
 >  > Alan Ianson@1:153/757, or freq@1:153/757. I don't think the To: name
 >  > matters.
 >
 >  > SBBSecho won't create an outbound .pkt for file requests. It just sends
 >  > the .req file and creates a poll for the node.
 >
 > Hi Al, (and anyone),
 >
 > (I know this message I'm replying to is 3 years old... but...)
 >
 > I'm re-visiting setting up the FREQ function on my system, and having
 > trouble with it.  I've edited the ../sbbs/ctrl/freqit.ini to have a "magic
 > word" (ALLFILES) set up to a particular file directory, which is pretty
 > straightforward.  So then, from a test system I have (running SBBS as a
 > point from my main system), I send a netmail to my main system.  I've tried
 > various "To:" names, and the subject line is:  FR: ALLFILES .  The point
 > generates the crash netmail and sends it to my BBS.  I watch the logs and I
 > see the connection, and then it receives (two) .req files and deletes them
 > both, and..... that's it.  Binkit closes the connection, there are no error
 > messages, and nothing else happens.
 >
 > Does anyone have FREQ working on their system?  Is there something else that
 > needs to be set up?  Not sure what I'm missing here...  Thanks for info.

What are the contents of your ctrl/freqit.ini file?
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