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 Message 975 
 Nicholas Boel to Daryl Stout 
 DAEMON MODE 
 19 Apr 14 12:38:08 
 
Hello Daryl,

On 19 Apr 14 11:21, Daryl Stout wrote to ALL:

 DS>   I have IREX set to daemon mode, and to allow "unlisted systems" to
 DS> connect.

 DS>   However, I'm getting reports of several who try to connect via
 DS> BinkP, and they're getting a "connection refused" message.

 DS>   Am I missing something?? Or should I just have my nodelist entries
 DS> entry of CM changed to MO??

If they're coming to you with the reports, ask them what binkp service they're
using. There was just discussion in the MBSE echo of mbcico having to have an
option set to force a link into binkp v1.0 mode for Irex connections otherwise
there's errors. I think the same kind of stuff happens once in awhile using
binkd to connect with Irex systems as well, but noone has pinpointed the real
problem there.

I move quite a bit of mail here, and use binkd. I've noticed that when I use
the '-nd' option (no dupe mode) it tends to have iffy results with Irex
connections. Instead, I disable that option and use the '-nr' option
(non-reliable link) instead. Tends to work a lot better after I do that.

I know it's not hard evidence, but hopefully that may help you in where to
continue on with this. It has been reported and proven that Irex reports the
wrong version of the binkp protocol, and other mailers have to adjust for
that. While development on Irex has stopped (meaning it will probably never be
"fixed", other mailers have taken that into consideration and worked around
it, though sometimes specific options have to be set in the other mailer.

Regards,
Nick

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