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  Re: Strange issues
  By: Wilfred van Velzen to All on Tue Nov 11 2025 10:30 am

 > 09:29:58.978  Error reading packet header in file:
 > /home/fido/inbound/f4o5881q.pkt, renamed with extension: '.error'
 >
 > # xxd f4o5881q.pkt.error
 > 0000000: 4269 6e6b 4954 2f32 2e34 3120 6172 6773  BinkIT/2.41 args
 > 0000010: 3a20 0a                                  : .
 >
 >
 > Firstly the .pkt file that isn't a .pkt file?

Looks like that is the contents of a lock/.bsy file created by BinkIt. These
files should *not* sent to the remote host, so that is very weird.

 > Secondly the 'recv' from the remote before the connection is complete, so my
 > binkd flags it as 'failed'...

I don't follow you there.
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