BINKD(8)

NAME
binkd - transfer files between two Fidonet systems over TCP/IP

SYNOPSIS
binkd [-Ccipqsv] [ -P node ] config-file

DESCRIPTION
Binkd is a Fidonet mailer designed to operate via TCP/IP networks. As a FTN-compatible internet daemon, it makes possible efficient utilization of TCP/IP protocol suite as a transport layer in FTN-based (Fido Technology Network) networks.

Binkd expects your spool for Fido-like networks to be in BSO ("Bink style outbound") format. BSO is also used by ifmail and BinkleyTerm mailers.

OPTIONS

-C  Binkd running with this option will exit with return code 3 when the configuration file is changed. The configuration file is checked every 60 seconds.

-c  Start client only. Normally Binkd starts both server and client.

-i  Run Binkd from inetd. Don't forget either to comment out printq, conlog and percents from the configuration file or to use -q option.

-P  Poll a node. An empty *.ilo file in the outbound will be created, which will force Binkd to connect to and to receive mail from the node ( Binkd will also add "Node node * -" record to the table-of-nodes in Binkd 's memory if there is no entry for the node in the configuration file).

-p  Start client manager, process polls, quit if the queue seems to be empty after the next rescan. Implies -c.

-q  Quiet mode. Turns off printq, conlog and percents statements of configuration.

-s  Start server only. Normally Binkd starts both server and client.

-v  Be verbose. Binkd -v will dump binkd's version and quit.

SIGNALS

SIGHUP
    Causes Binkd to reload it's config.

SEE ALSO
inetd(8) Binkd homepage, http://www.corbina.net/~maloff/binkd/ ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/mailer/binkd/ "Binkd User Guide" by Nick Soveiko, http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~nsoveiko/fido/binkd/man/

AUTHORS
Dima Maloff <maloff@tts.magadan.su> and others. This manual page is based on "Binkd User Guide" by nsoveiko@doe.carleton.ca (Nick Soveiko)

HISTORY
Nov 1996 - First version under FreeBSD