Subj : Synchronet BBS stopped connecting to FSXnet suddenly!
To   : Rixter
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sun Oct 27 2024 06:04:46

On Sun, Oct 27 15:33:22 -0500, you wrote:

 R> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I enjoy FSXnet. Have a
 R> great weekend all.

I see this exact same message in FSX_BBS. So maybe it fixed itself.

 R> 10/27  09:58:56a  BINKPOLL Connection to f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz:24554
 R> failed (Error: This is usually a temporary error during hostname
 R> resolution and means that the local server did not receive a
 R> response from an authoritative server. ).

This could mean that the binkp.net f.n.z host (I believe it is hosted in Fidonet zone 2) was down. To be honest, I never thought it was a good idea to rely on this for anything. Making direct links to the systems you want to connect to is a much better method.

Sometimes it's not Synchronet BBS's fault. You're connecting to other
systems that may have issues as well.

Avon mentioned he was going to be away for a couple weeks, whether it be
personal or business, but it's quite possible his system stopped
answering, or his DNS provider was down for 24 hours, or the binkp.net thing was down. There's many reasons, but it probably wasn't your system that was the problem.

It's not always you and/or the system you're running. Sometimes you need
to just be patient and wait for things to clear up on it's own.

Regards,
Nick

.... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
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