On Sun  9-Dec-2018 12:12p, Stephen Walsh@3:633/280.0 said to Gary McCulloch:
SW> To make binkd call out and then exit use this:
SW> binkd -p -P 1:1/20 binkd.conf
SW> Binkd has different process tree's deping on the options sent to it at 
SW> startup. So you can have the server part
SW> sitting in the background all the time, and then fire up the client side
SW> to 
SW> make outgoing connections.
SW> You send areafix/filefix requests via netmail. ie:
SW> To: areafix@1:1/20
SW> Subject: yoursecretpassword
SW> +AMIGA
SW> +GAME-DUDE
SW> -SHITAREA
SW> -!-
SW> NOTE: I have changed the end of the above sample, so the messages doesn't
SW> get 
SW> munged as it passes around the
SW> network. You need to use three - at the end of the message...

        Thanks for all the help.  If I wanted and AREAFIX for all of RetroNet's
 echos, I would have to add +ECHONAME for each echo?
  
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