Hi, there is a simple way to test if the BINKP server is working on Mystic?
I telnet it but i got no answer.
Thanks.

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Hey Gods69!

On Sun, Dec 14 2025 05:17:51 -0600, you wrote:

Hi, there is a simple way to test if the BINKP server is working on
Mystic? I telnet it but i got no answer.

You're on the right path. Telnet to the port the binkp server is running on, and it should answer. Mystic might not actually display anything to the client, but it would connect and show a blank screen in something like Syncterm.

You can also try using the command line, instead of an actual telnet client. This may show a little more than a blank screen.

If it doesn't answer, and it is enabled in 'mystic -cfg' (that means enabled in config, and then MIS is shut down and restarted), maybe you don't have that port open/forwarded on your router to accept connections?

Regards,
Nick

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Hi, there is a simple way to test if the BINKP server is working on Mystic? I telnet it but i got no answer.

Yes. If you use telnet or nc (netcat) on your BINKP port (24554 default) you should receive a banner like the one below. If you recently turned it on in Mystic you may need to restart MIS, especially if running Windows.

Sample Banner:
?2OPT TLS CRAM-MD5-752ffd876ff8042636669bb1e31da54e?SYS No Carrier BBS?LOC Inside dn42! (bbs.dn42)ZYZ toz?%TIME Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:29:54 -0500?VER Mystic/1.12A48 binkp/1.0?%BUILD 2023/01/15 15:29:47 Windows/32?l21:3/217@fsxNet 1:229/112@fidoNet 618:400/13@microNet 1337:3/217@tqwNet 25:25/42@metroNet 46:1/106@agoraNet

Cheers!

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You can also try using the command line, instead of an actual telnet client. This may show a little more than a blank screen.

Yes! i got answer from the server when i use Telnet in command line. :-)
(only get a black screen with PuTTY)
Thanks.

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Yes. If you use telnet or nc (netcat) on your BINKP port (24554 default) you should receive a banner like the one below. If you recently turned
it on in Mystic you may need to restart MIS, especially if running Windows.

Yes it works. I got this from Telnet:

ÿþÇ.OPT CRAM-MD5-5317d76e92cf4034597ac20d70d4df6cÇSYS Gods69 BBSÇLOC Gan - FranceÇ

ZYZ Gods69Ç%TIME Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:46:48 +0100Ç”!VER Mystic/1.12A48 binkp/1.0Ç#BUILD 2023/01/15 16:04:37 Linux/64Ǻ%:&21:3/220@fsxnet

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