Subj : Re: Fail to Connect
To   : Zazz
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon Jun 03 2024 05:47 pm

-=> Zazz wrote to All <=-

 Za> My BBS ded Fido to 1:124/5019 I am 1:124/5014

 Za> His board was inactive for a long time.   never mad his account
 Za> inactive. He recently contacted me and asked f he was  with same
 Za> fido number.  He was. I checked to see if he had made changes to
 Za> connection info but all was the same.

 Za> However every time I poll him I get a fail to connect message.
 Za> We have verified the port and they are open.  I still get a Fail
 Za> to Connect message. He however can poll me but he says no files
 Za> are received.In my mystic box i see where he connects and files
 Za> are transmitted.

 Za> So problem 1 for me is why can I not connect to is binkp server?

It's almost always a password problem when this happens.  You'll have to 
carefully check if they match on both ends.  Packet and session passwords.  
There are also passwords for Areafix and Tic files, although those 
wouldn't prevent connection for mail.  In the nodelist it shows that you 
use a non-standard port (24555) for your BinkP, and that he uses the 
standard port (24554).  Are the node definitions on each end saying that?

 Za>  I see where files are sent in that Mytic message box  Which log
 Za> file do I look at if he polls me and I send files?

You're the NC for Net 124.  You don't routinely monitor logs for activity 
and/or problems/issues?  I find that almost impossible to believe.  I don't
know where logs are kept on a Mystic system, but it should be easy to find.

 Za> I assume he has setup his ini files to import echo and files but
 Za> only he knows

When troubleshooting, assumptions are a bad idea.


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