Hello Nick!

01 Jun 26 19:10, you wrote to Robert Wolfe:

FYI, wherever they got "Internet Rex is listed in the compatibility
table as a confirmed working mailer with no known issues", they were
given the wrong information.

You can ask just about any mailer developer these days how they've had
to work around IREX's bad binkp implementation. IIRC, it may have been something to do with stating it was binkp 1.1 compliant, when it
really isn't. But, I am fairly certain it was something in the lines
of how the session is ended, as seemed to be what was being discussed
in whatever it was that I replied to. ;)

As a developer who maintains a BinkP compatible mailer (mbcico), I can definitely confirm that IRex has multiple issues in this regard. In fact, when mbcico connects to IRex, it automatically falls back to binkp/1.0 to avoid most of the issues.

Andrew

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On 6/3/2026 6:45 AM, Andrew Leary wrote to Nick Boel:

As a developer who maintains a BinkP compatible mailer (mbcico), I can definitely confirm that IRex has multiple issues in this regard. In fact, when mbcico connects to IRex, it automatically falls back to binkp/1.0 to avoid most of the issues.

FYI, the current betas include a config file called binkp-compat.ini with this in it:

; -----------------------------------------------------------------------
; Internet Rex - VER: Internet Rex 2.31 Win32 (binkp/1.1)
; No longer actively maintained. Seen on Terry's hub (3:712 net).
; CRAM-MD5 behavior unknown. Conservative default maintained.
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [internet rex]
CramMD5=0

; -----------------------------------------------------------------------
; mbcico - VER: mbcico/1.1.7/Linux-x86_64 binkp/1.1
; Unix FTN mailer. CRAM-MD5 behavior unknown.
; Conservative default maintained.
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [mbcico]
CramMD5=0


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Hello Robert!

03 Jun 26 13:15, you wrote to me:

FYI, the current betas include a config file called binkp-compat.ini
with this in it:

;
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
; Internet Rex - VER: Internet Rex 2.31 Win32 (binkp/1.1)
; No longer actively maintained. Seen on Terry's hub (3:712 net).
; CRAM-MD5 behavior unknown. Conservative default maintained.
;
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- [internet rex] CramMD5=0

;
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
; mbcico - VER: mbcico/1.1.7/Linux-x86_64 binkp/1.1
; Unix FTN mailer. CRAM-MD5 behavior unknown.
; Conservative default maintained.
;
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- [mbcico] CramMD5=0

Completely unnecessary. Both IRex and mbcico support CRAM-MD5 authentication.

Andrew

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Hello Andrew!

03 Jun 26 06:45, you wrote to Nick Boel:

As a developer who maintains a BinkP compatible mailer (mbcico), I can
definitely confirm that IRex has multiple issues in this regard. In fact, when mbcico connects to IRex, it automatically falls back to binkp/1.0 to avoid most of the issues.

Where can anybody get hold of mbcico?

Andrew

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Javier


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--------------------------------------------------------------------- -
; Internet Rex - VER: Internet Rex 2.31 Win32 (binkp/1.1)
; No longer actively maintained. Seen on Terry's hub (3:712 net).
; CRAM-MD5 behavior unknown. Conservative default maintained.
; --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [internet rex] CramMD5=0

; --------------------------------------------------------------------- -
; mbcico - VER: mbcico/1.1.7/Linux-x86_64 binkp/1.1
; Unix FTN mailer. CRAM-MD5 behavior unknown.
; Conservative default maintained.
; --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [mbcico] CramMD5=0

Completely unnecessary. Both IRex and mbcico support CRAM-MD5 authentication.

thought so. Passed this along via pxnet. curious to see what happens.

... Operator, give me the number for 911

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Hello Andrew!

03 Jun 26 06:45, you wrote to Nick Boel:

As a developer who maintains a BinkP compatible mailer (mbcico), I ca
definitely confirm that IRex has multiple issues in this regard. In fact, when mbcico connects to IRex, it automatically falls back to binkp/1.0 to avoid most of the issues.

Where can anybody get hold of mbcico?

It is part of the mbse BBS package.

... There are three kinds of people: Those who can count, and those who can't

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Hello Javier!

05 Jun 26 12:56, you wrote to me:

As a developer who maintains a BinkP compatible mailer (mbcico),
I can
definitely confirm that IRex has multiple issues in this regard.
In fact, when mbcico connects to IRex, it automatically falls
back to
binkp/1.0 to avoid most of the issues.

Where can anybody get hold of mbcico?

It's included in the free MBSE BBS package. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs

The files section has the 1.1.7 release version. The current development version is 1.1.7.2 which is available from the Git repository on the SourceForge page.

Andrew

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