Subj : Re: Synchronet BBS stopped connecting to FSXnet suddenly!
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Oct 27 2024 08:54:02

-=> Nicholas Boel wrote to Rixter <=-

 NB> 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.

 NB> 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. ).

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

Absolutely agree.  Using that binkp.net "DNS" function is not a good 
idea.

The solution is to define/use a nodelist for the particular FTN, as 
defined in the [domain] section of ../ctrl/sbbsecho.ini .  It's 
documented on the Wiki.



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