Subj : Synchronet BBS stopped connecting to FSXnet suddenly!
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Rixter
Date : Sun Oct 27 2024 10:04:42

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

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

> 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.
> --- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101
> Thunderb
>  * Origin: The Pharcyde ~ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)
>  ¨ Synchronet ¨ Vertrauen ¨ Home of Synchronet ¨
> [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net



It started working again just now. You are correct. It is working again. I just
had to wait. Have a great Sunday. Thank you for replying.

telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC

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