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4. Installation of Binkley.

4.1 Configuration/Installation of the caller

  1. The first thing to do is: change directory to /bt do
    make
    su root
    make install
    
    you should get in /usr/bin:
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     fido       238983 Sep 15 18:04 /usr/bin/bt
    
    and in /usr/lib/binkley:
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          742 Sep 16 10:04 binkley.cfg
    -rw-r--r--   1 uucp     root          108 Sep 16 10:10 binkley.day
    -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        12332 Sep 15 16:20 binkley.lng
    -rw-r--r--   1 uucp     root          124 Mar 20  2029 binkley.scd
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        14423 Sep 15 16:20 btctl
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        13813 Sep 15 16:20 btlng
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        15649 Sep 15 16:20 english.txt
    -rwsr-xr-x   1 uucp     fido         1603 Sep 15 16:20 fido-toconv
    
  2. File /usr/lib/binkley/binkley.cfg
    FEddiNodelist
    (1)Port 2
    (2)baud     38400
    LockBaud 38400
    (3)Init ATZ0|~AT&K6|~
    (4)Prefix ATDP
    PreDial ~
    PreInit |v``^``
    LogLevel 5
    LineUpdate
    Gong
    AutoBaud
    PollTries 10
    PollDelay 600
    Unattended
    BoxType 0
    NiceOutBound  
    ReadHoldTime 1
    (5)System seudonimo_fido
    (6)Sysop tu_nombre
    StatusLog    /home/fido/fnet/log/binkley.log  200
    Downloads    /home/fido/fnet/inbound/
    CaptureFile  /home/fido/fnet/log/session.log
    NetFile      /home/fido/fnet/inbound/
    Hold         /home/fido/fnet/outbound/
    Nodelist     /home/fido/fnet/nodelist/
    (7)Address 2:346/207.XX@FidoNet.org 5207 tel_del_boss
    (8)Key !the_passwd 2:346/207
    (9)Domain FidoNet.org outbound
    Address 25:946/100.XX@EuroNet.org
    Key !the_passwd 25:946/100
    Domain EuroNet.org outbound
    Address 93:346/101.XX@SubNet.org
    Key !the_passwd 93:346/101
    Domain SubNet.org outbound
    
    You may start with this file. Just change what you need and take away the numbers in parenthesis.
  3. Include the following line in your ~/.profile
    export BINKLEY=/usr/lib/binkley
    
    do
    . ~/.profile
    
    (you need to do this just now. The next time you enter as fido you'll already have BINKLEY initialized)
  4. Execute
    bt
    

4.2 Problems

If you run into troubles, for sure it's about permissions or a badly defined path. Check them out.

  1. The most common error is:
    cannot re-open logfile
    
    The owner is usually: usuario.uucp. The permissions: 664
  2. Another rather common error: Here it might be that the assigned tty doesn't have the appropriate permissions. Specially if this had been used by getty, normally it should get permissions to read and write for everybody. The message was:
    tty port can not be initialized
    
    Solution:
    chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0  
    
    or ttyS1; (COM1: or COM2:).
  3. For RedHat users:
    ln -s /var/spool /usr
    

If you get a screen similar to frodo you could do the following:

ALT-Y, call your bbs, it'll leave your mail there and fetch what you got. Then you just need to execute the commands mentioned for mail handling.

If it appears to have fallen asleep during the FIRST file transmission, hit the ESC key to wake it up.

4.3 ``Templates''.

This is my templates file $FNET/msgbase/template:

#if to (AreaMgr|FileScan)
#;
#; ********** Handling of AreaMgr- and FileScan-Mails **********
#;
#else
#if group (--InterNet--)
#;
#; ********** Handling of  Internet-Mails **********
#;
How are you #1E!

#if mode (reply)
In <#a> #f wrote:
#.
#quote
#else
#.
#endif

Greetings,
  Manu

#|insertfortune
#else
#;
#; ********** Handling of other Mails **********
#;
Hi #1E!

#if mode (reply|forward)
#if mode (netreply)
That happy day #d, #f said to #e
in #a concerning "#s":
#.
#quote
#endif
#if mode (^reply)
On #d, #f would write to #e
concerning "#s":
#.
#quote
#endif
#if mode (forward)

Even if it doesn't look like, it's a forward
 * Message from #f to #e
 *         on #d to #t
 *         concerning "#s"
 *         in #a
                                      ,,,
                                     (o o)
---------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo------------------------------

#text

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif
#else
#.
#endif

#if group (--Intern--|^$)
#if from Manuel Soriano
Bye,
  Manu

#|insertfortune
#else
Bye,
  #1F
#endif
#else
Bye,
  #1F
#endif
#endif
#endif

                \|/         
                0-0         dpsys10@dapsys.ch
    *****---oOo-(_)-oOo---**********************************************
    * Manuel Soriano             * El Perello/Valencia/Spain *

Once created your area directories, you can create an origin file in each of them, and insert one or several lines (but not more than 70 chars) referring to your message's origin.


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