binkd 0.9.4 review
DownloadBinkd is a TCP/IP daemon which transfers files between two Fidonet systems
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Binkd is a TCP/IP daemon which transfers files between two Fidonet systems. It supports so-called "Binkley-Style outbound", also supported by most Fidonet software.
It uses it's own protocol (called Binkp), but it's not a big problem, as binkd (started Nov, 96) now is maybe the most popular fidonet-over-IP technology in the former USSR.
Binkd cannot (and never will) make calls via regular telephone lines, so it should be used not instead of, but along with any other Bink-style Fidonet mailer. It's known that Binkd (at least) runs perfectly together with Ifmail, Brake!, Bink/+, McMail, T-Mail and Xenia mailers.
Binkd comes in ANSI C sources, so it can be built in almost any environment with Berkeley sockets API supported (multitasking is a plus). I know about UNIX (AIX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, Solaris), OS/2, NT, DOS, and Windows'95 ports.
For install just follow these steps:
1. Edit sample binkd.cfg.
2. Run binkd.
What's New in This Release:
Don't attempt to kill client manager if it's not running (Michail Vidiassov ).
Fixed bug in multithread version (win32 & os2/watcom).
New option "temp-inbound" in binkd.cfg - directory for incomplete receiving files (.dt and .hr).
New options "socks" and "proxy" in binkd.cfg (Dima Afanasiev )
MD5 authorization (Dima Afanasiev )
New commandline switch "-m" - disable MD5 authorization.
prescan did not work on incoming sessions with send-if-pwd
NT: new commandline parameters "-i" (install as service) and "-u" (uninstall service) (Dima Afanasiev )
Immediate events (beginning with '!') runs immediate after file receiving (Dima Afanasiev )
Macros *F (file name), *H (host name), *A0..*A9 (remote addresses), *L (listed), *P (protected) in events (Dima Afanasiev )
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