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    From Rixter@1:3634/60 to All on Sat Dec 28 13:15:54 2024
    After setting up fidonet on my bbs I noticed fidoin is running in irregular minutes instead of the set 8 times per day set in scfg. Is there another setting I have missed or is this normal?

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Rixter on Sat Dec 28 14:35:57 2024
    Re: Fidoin running very frequently
    By: Rixter to All on Sat Dec 28 2024 01:15 pm

    After setting up fidonet on my bbs I noticed fidoin is running in irregular minutes instead of the set 8 times per day set in scfg. Is there another setting I have missed or is this normal?

    Most likely, yes. Your mailer (BinkIT?) is likely just creating/touching the fidoin.now semaphore file that triggers the Synchronet Terminal Server "event thread" to run the FIDOIN timed event because there are new inbound files. You don't normally even need the FIDOIN event to run at specific times or intervals since it gets triggered by the mailer when needed.
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  • From Rixter@1:3634/60 to Digital Man on Sat Dec 28 18:36:54 2024
    Re: Fidoin running very frequently
    By: Rixter to All on Sat Dec 28 2024 01:15 pm

    After setting up fidonet on my bbs I noticed fidoin is running in irregul minutes instead of the set 8 times per day set in scfg. Is there another setting I have missed or is this normal?

    Most likely, yes. Your mailer (BinkIT?) is likely just creating/touching the fidoin.now semaphore file that triggers the Synchronet Terminal Server "even thread" to run the FIDOIN timed event because there are new inbound files. Y don't normally even need the FIDOIN event to run at specific times or interv since it gets triggered by the mailer when needed.

    Thank You Digital Man! I have run a BBS for almost 40 years and am now just getting into FidoNet. LOL. I will let it do its thang. I watched your Youtube video on how to set up Fidonet and it worked perfectly. No issues getting started, easy as pie. Thank you Sir.

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Rixter on Sat Dec 28 16:36:41 2024
    Re: Fidoin running very frequently
    By: Rixter to Digital Man on Sat Dec 28 2024 06:36 pm

    Thank You Digital Man! I have run a BBS for almost 40 years and am now just getting into FidoNet. LOL. I will let it do its thang. I watched your Youtube video on how to set up Fidonet and it worked perfectly. No issues getting started, easy as pie. Thank you Sir.

    Ah, nice to hear! Successfully getting an assigned address seems to be the biggest hurdle these days.
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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to RIXTER on Sat Dec 28 17:37:00 2024
    After setting up fidonet on my bbs I noticed fidoin is running in irregular minutes instead of the set 8 times per day set in scfg. Is there another setting I have missed or is this normal?

    In addition to whatever timed event you have set, FIDOIN will run after
    every binkit connection. Here it runs several times an hour.


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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Sun Dec 29 08:34:00 2024
    Dumas Walker wrote to RIXTER <=-

    After setting up fidonet on my bbs I noticed fidoin is running in irregular minutes instead of the set 8 times per day set in scfg. Is there another setting I have missed or is this normal?

    In addition to whatever timed event you have set, FIDOIN will run after every binkit connection. Here it runs several times an hour.

    Well.... just as a point of clarification ... FIDOIN will run after
    every Binkit connection *that has inbound mail*. It won't run if it's
    just a node polling for mail on hold; or certainly not for the random
    bot connections.



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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to GAMGEE on Mon Dec 30 08:39:00 2024
    In addition to whatever timed event you have set, FIDOIN will run after every binkit connection. Here it runs several times an hour.

    Well.... just as a point of clarification ... FIDOIN will run after
    every Binkit connection *that has inbound mail*. It won't run if it's
    just a node polling for mail on hold; or certainly not for the random
    bot connections.

    Correct!


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