Hello All,

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail, what is the easist software to use and configure that works with BinkD on Linux?

Kind regards,
Daniel
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On 16 Jan 2025, Daniel Garrod said the following...

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail, what is the
easist software to use and configure that works with BinkD on Linux?

I use hpt with binkd on Ubuntu 22.04. It works quite well.

I followed the instructions here to get it installed: https://github.com/huskyproject/huskybse/blob/master/INSTALL.asciidoc


There are some sample config files included. If you cloned the git to /tmp you'd find them at /tmp/husky/hpt/config.


Jay

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Hello All,

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need a mail tosser
that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail, what is the easist software t
use and configure that works with BinkD on Linux?

That may depend on your BBS software. I have a synchronet system that is running its own sbbsecho tosser and it works fine with BinkD on linux. I
have also used BinkD with a couple of other systems that came with their
own tossers and they also worked.

Does your BBS software come with its own tosser?


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Greetings, traveler ...

16 Jan 25 13:51:18, Daniel Garrod wrote to All:

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail, what is the easist software to use and configure that works with BinkD on Linux?

I'd say Husky project's hpt is a de-facto standard tosser for Linux nodes these days: https://github.com/huskyproject
There are pre-built packages for different distros, but even building & configuring it from scratch won't be that hard.


TTY later,
\aID


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Hello Daniel,

16 Jan 25 13:51, you wrote to All:

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need a
mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail, what is
the easist software to use and configure that works with BinkD on
Linux?

crashmail is easier to set up, hpt is a bit more flexible if you want .tic files as well..

ByEbYe
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Daniel

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On 16.1.2025 13.51, Daniel Garrod wrote:

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail, what is the
easist software to use and configure that works with BinkD on Linux?

Easiest: FMail
The best: Hpt

:)

'Tommi

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Hi Daniel,

On 2025-01-16 13:51:19, you wrote to All:

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need a
mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail, what is
the easist software to use and configure that works with BinkD on
Linux?

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

16 Jan 25 16:53, you wrote to Daniel Garrod:

Hi Daniel,

On 2025-01-16 13:51:19, you wrote to All:

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need
a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail,
what is the easist software to use and configure that works with
BinkD on Linux?

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

Will it work on a Pi ?

Sean


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Hello, Sean!

Thursday January 16 2025 19:00, from Sean Rima -> Wilfred van Velzen:

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

Will it work on a Pi ?

You can always run DOSBox on a Raspberry Pi and explore the entire world of DOS Fido software that has been accumulated since the early '90s.

Thanks to the FTS-1 spec and friends, Fido developers throughout the years have made efforts to follow these specs, and as a result, we have software that has remained compatible for over 35 or 40 years.

Best Regards, Nil
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Hi Sean,

On 2025-01-16 19:00:42, you wrote to me:

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I need
a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing mail,
what is the easist software to use and configure that works with
BinkD on Linux?

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

Will it work on a Pi ?

It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported this last year:

Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt now. Seems
ok :)

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Nil!

16 Jan 25 22:18, you wrote to me:

Hello, Sean!

Thursday January 16 2025 19:00, from Sean Rima -> Wilfred van Velzen:

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

Will it work on a Pi ?

You can always run DOSBox on a Raspberry Pi and explore the entire
world of DOS Fido software that has been accumulated since the early
'90s.

There is a linux version :)

Thanks to the FTS-1 spec and friends, Fido developers throughout the
years have made efforts to follow these specs, and as a result, we
have software that has remained compatible for over 35 or 40 years.

Very true

Sean


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Hello Wilfred!

16 Jan 25 20:57, you wrote to me:

I have BinkD set up to receive mail from 2:250/1, but now I
need a mail tosser that will work with BinkD to send outgoing
mail, what is the easist software to use and configure that
works with BinkD on Linux?

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

Will it work on a Pi ?

It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported
this last year:

Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from
husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt
now. Seems ok :)

What is the download link for it

Sean


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Hi Sean,

On 2025-01-16 21:30:58, you wrote to me:

Will it work on a Pi ?

It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported
this last year:

Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from
husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt
now. Seems ok :)

What is the download link for it

If you can compile it yourself, the source can be obtained with git:

# git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/fmail/code fmail

There is a howto in a previous message in the FMAIL_HELP area.


If you want a pre-compiled version for the PI, maybe Tommi can help you?


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

16 Jan 25 23:10, you wrote to me:

It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula
reported this last year:

Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created
from husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with
husky/hpt now. Seems ok :)

What is the download link for it

If you can compile it yourself, the source can be obtained with git:

# git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/fmail/code fmail

There is a howto in a previous message in the FMAIL_HELP area.

Will download and play over the weekend. Sadly my fmail_help was unlinked by error. Will do a rescan

Sean


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* Originally in BINKD
* Crossposted in FMAIL_HELP
Hi Sean.

16 Jan 25 20:57, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to you:

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

Will it work on a Pi ?

Yes. :)

It seems so. I haven't tried it myself, but Tommi Koivula reported
this last year:

Compiled in Raspberry PI3 running Debian 32bit. No problems.

Started fconfig from scratch and imported areas.bbs created from
husky setup. So this fmail setup runs in parallel with husky/hpt
now. Seems ok :)

'Tommi

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Hello Tommi!

17 Jan 25 08:23, you wrote to me:

* Originally in BINKD
* Crossposted in FMAIL_HELP
Hi Sean.

16 Jan 25 20:57, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to you:

I would recommend FMail, but I'm a little bit biased. ;-)

Will it work on a Pi ?

Yes. :)

Downloaded the git and willplay over the weekend

Sean


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