Good afternoon. I was finishing compiling the version of Binkd from 'https://github.com/pgul/binkd' for amigaos, in my case, it's 3.2.3. It's version 1.1a-115, but when I went to look for a tosser and editor using aminet,
isn't working :(

Does anyone have one available to try?

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/binkd_amiga_ixemul.png

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/binkd_ixemul.png

Once I've tested it thoroughly, I'll upload it to GitHub.

In the end, I had to compile it with gcc-pack 1.0.

https://rastport.com/techblog/gcc-pack/
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-18 19:51:14, you wrote to All:

Good afternoon. I was finishing compiling the version of Binkd from 'https://github.com/pgul/binkd' for amigaos, in my case, it's 3.2.3.
It's version 1.1a-115,

Cool! The current version of AmigaBinkd most people are using isn't so stable, and based on a much older version of the binkd source. So I think it would be welcomed!

but when I went to look for a tosser and editor using aminet, isn't working :(

Does anyone have one available to try?

I think crashmail is a decent tosser available for the amiga. I don't know about editors.


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

Re: Re: Binkd 1.1a-115
By: Wilfred van Velzen to Tanausu M. on Wed Mar 18 2026 20:56:50

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-18 19:51:14, you wrote to All:

Good afternoon. I was finishing compiling the version of Binkd from 'https://github.com/pgul/binkd' for amigaos, in my case, it's 3.2.3. It's version 1.1a-115,

Cool! The current version of AmigaBinkd most people are using isn't so stable, and based on a much older version of the binkd source. So I think it would be welcomed!

but when I went to look for a tosser and editor using aminet, isn't working :(

Does anyone have one available to try?

I think crashmail is a decent tosser available for the amiga. I don't know about editors.

Bye, Wilfred.

Hi. I was thinking of using it while I look for an editor, or something that includes both functions. But of course, until Aminet works... In the meantime, I'll see if I can replace the network code to avoid ixemul and use bsdsocket.library directly.

I seem to remember there was one called Spot, and another similar one, Mail Manager?

What patience! :(

Right now, ixnet.library uses socket.library and socket_lib12.lha as a wrapper.

I'll have to remove all that, but first I'll see if everything works with a tosser.

I'll upload the whole mess to GitHub, otherwise I'll lose everything.

https://github.com/skbn/binkd


I've disabled threading and, well, I still have a lot to test, like the ASO and
other things. But it's in a pre-alpha state.
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-18 20:33:00, you wrote to me:

I think crashmail is a decent tosser available for the amiga. I don't
know about editors.

I seem to remember there was one called Spot, and another similar one, Mail Manager?

Spot was a point package, so probably tosser and editor in one package. But likely not compatible with binkd that uses binkly style outbound (BSO).

I don't know about MailManager.


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

Re: Re: Binkd 1.1a-115
By: Wilfred van Velzen to Tanausu M. on Wed Mar 18 2026 21:43:33

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-18 20:33:00, you wrote to me:

I think crashmail is a decent tosser available for the amiga. I don't
know about editors.

I seem to remember there was one called Spot, and another similar one, Mail Manager?

Spot was a point package, so probably tosser and editor in one package. But likely not compatible with binkd that uses binkly style outbound (BSO).

I don't know about MailManager.

Bye, Wilfred.

Hi. I'm going to try downloading it from ftn.amigaxess.de
We have to take advantage of the fact that Ingo Juergensmann is here with active downloads :D

crashmail and Any editors? I can't remember a single one.
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

Hello Tanausu!

18 Mar 26 19:51, you wrote to all:

Good afternoon. I was finishing compiling the version of Binkd from 'https://github.com/pgul/binkd' for amigaos, in my case, it's 3.2.3.
It's version 1.1a-115, but when I went to look for a tosser and editor using aminet, isn't working :(

There's also ongoing testing of a new mailer for the Amiga called FidoBlitz.
So far there's been no show stopper bugs (Just little ones) reported by those I've sent it to to test.

FidoBlitz - An Amiga Binkp/1.0 Mailer for the Amiga computer.

FidoBlitz is a native Amiga Binkp/1.0 mailer written in AmiBlitz3. It
provides a clean, reliable implementation to replace the buggy existing AmiBinkd
port.

Version: 0.15

It uses all native code and not ported/re-compiled with all those issues.

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or 3:633/281).

Does anyone have one available to try?

Crashmail is the most stable/Compatible/capable mail processor.



Stephen


--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20250409
* Origin: Dragon's Lair ---:- dragon.vk3heg.net -:--- Prt: 6800 (39:901/280)

Hello Wilfred!

18 Mar 26 21:43, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

I seem to remember there was one called Spot, and another similar
one, Mail Manager?

Spot was a point package, so probably tosser and editor in one
package. But likely not compatible with binkd that uses binkly style outbound (BSO).

It's been so long since I used spot. But binkd (and fidoblitz) can create/use ASO style outbounds.

The main issue will be what spot calls to make outbound connections.



Stephen


--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20250409
* Origin: Dragon's Lair ---:- dragon.vk3heg.net -:--- Prt: 6800 (39:901/280)

Hi Stephen,

On 2026-03-19 10:40:48, you wrote to me:

Spot was a point package, so probably tosser and editor in one
package. But likely not compatible with binkd that uses binkly style
outbound (BSO).

It's been so long since I used spot.

I never used Spot, I used April, which was comparable in functionality.

But binkd (and fidoblitz) can create/use ASO style outbounds.

The main issue will be what spot calls to make outbound connections.

Trapdoor?


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

Hi Stephen,

On 2026-03-19 10:28:58, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

There's also ongoing testing of a new mailer for the Amiga called FidoBlitz. So far there's been no show stopper bugs (Just little ones) reported by those I've sent it to to test.

FidoBlitz - An Amiga Binkp/1.0 Mailer for the Amiga computer.

FidoBlitz is a native Amiga Binkp/1.0 mailer written in AmiBlitz3. It provides a clean, reliable implementation to replace the buggy
existing AmiBinkd port.

Version: 0.15

It uses all native code and not ported/re-compiled with all those issues.

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or 3:633/281).

Calling '39:901/281'. Call time: '0000-2400' UTC.
Now is: 0928 UTC.
dragon.vk3heg.net, 24554
Calling 39:901/281 (2400:a842:4042::244:24554)
SYS FidoBlitz
ZYZ Stephen Walsh
LOC Ballarat, Australia
VER FidoBlitz/0.15/Amiga binkp/1.0
TIME Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:27:55
NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
OPT CRAM-MD5-2f032dcd92aa416ec7baddbd0c5b38f1
address: 3:633/281@fidonet
address: 21:1/196@fsxnet
address: 39:901/281@amiganet
address: 46:3/101.5@agoranet
2400:a842:4042::244 - Ok.
Session with 39:901/281 done.
Calling 39:901/281 (103.51.115.44:24554)
SYS FidoBlitz
ZYZ Stephen Walsh
LOC Ballarat, Australia
VER FidoBlitz/0.15/Amiga binkp/1.0
TIME Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:27:56
NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
OPT CRAM-MD5-d42a76b0eeb8ca989897a0ad6a17acb0
address: 3:633/281@fidonet
address: 21:1/196@fsxnet
address: 39:901/281@amiganet
address: 46:3/101.5@agoranet
103.51.115.44 - Ok.
Session with 39:901/281 done.

Even IPv6! Kudos! ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

At 10:28 AM on 19 Mar 26, Stephen Walsh said to Tanausu M.:

Hello Tanausu!

18 Mar 26 19:51, you wrote to all:

Good afternoon. I was finishing compiling the version of Binkd from 'https://github.com/pgul/binkd' for amigaos, in my case, it's 3.2.3.
It's version 1.1a-115, but when I went to look for a tosser and editor using aminet, isn't working :(

There's also ongoing testing of a new mailer for the Amiga called FidoBlitz. So far there's been no show stopper bugs (Just little ones) reported by those I've sent it to to test.

FidoBlitz - An Amiga Binkp/1.0 Mailer for the Amiga computer.

FidoBlitz is a native Amiga Binkp/1.0 mailer written in AmiBlitz3. It provides a clean, reliable implementation to replace the buggy existing AmiBinkd port.

Version: 0.15

It uses all native code and not ported/re-compiled with all those
issues.

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or 3:633/281).

Does anyone have one available to try?

Crashmail is the most stable/Compatible/capable mail processor.

Stephen

Hi.


That's good to know, because with binkd you have to rewrite all the code. It's not a huge number of files, but I should use a more modern compiler.


In my case, like other users on my bbs, I prefer to use a program like amybw or
q-blue. Leaving an amiga or an emulator running all day? No way. Especially now that I know how to set up nodes or points.


So, let us know if you upload it to aminet someday, once they've finished testing it.


Binkd has some minor bugs on amiga... I don't know how I let myself be convinced to use it. I'd rather wait for your program :D



LOG:

18 Mar 21:06:30 [1079826152] BEGIN, binkd/1.1a-115/Amiga -p -P 39:190/101 -C binkd.conf
18 Mar 21:06:30 [1079826152] creating a poll for 39:190/101@amiganet (`d' flavour)
18 Mar 21:06:30 [1079826152] clientmgr started
+ 18 Mar 21:06:31 [1079826152] call to 39:190/101@amiganet
18 Mar 21:06:31 [1079826152] trying wilco.ydns.eu [88.8.105.93]...
+ 18 Mar 21:06:31 [1079826152] bind -- getaddrinfo: hostname nor servname provided, or not known (-1)
18 Mar 21:06:31 [1079826152] connected
+ 18 Mar 21:06:31 [1079826152] outgoing session with wilco.ydns.eu:24554 [88.8.105.93]
- 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] OPT CRAM-MD5-4c38e33eb6c51a78f234bb47c04b4f78 CRYPT
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] Remote requests MD mode
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] Remote requests CRYPT mode
- 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] SYS Citrick BBS
- 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] ZYZ Tanausu Martin
- 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] LOC S/C Tenerife, Spain
- 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
- 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] TIME Wed Mar 18 2026 21:06:38 GMT+0000 (WET)
- 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] VER BinkIT/2.42,JSBinkP/4,sbbs3.21e/FreeBSD binkp/1.1
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 39:190/101@amiganet
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 1337:1/126@tqwnet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 21:3/219@fsxnet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 2:341/207@fidonet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 86:534/20@nixnet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 954:700/12@hobbynet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 64:500/60@cnet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:37 [1079826152] addr: 314:413/60@pinet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] addr: 80:774/60@retronet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] addr: 618:500/19@micronet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] addr: 46:20/121@agoranet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] addr: 42:1/105@sfnet (n/a or busy)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] pwd protected session (MD5)
- 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] session in CRYPT mode
- 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] receiving 0000p002.WE0 (949 byte(s), off 0)
? 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] cannot rename 0000p002.WE0 to it's realname: Undefined error: 0! (data stored in Work:binkd_amiganet/inbound/ab819284.dt)
+ 18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] done (to 39:190/101@amiganet, failed, S/R: 0/0 (0/0 bytes))
18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] restoring poll with `d' flavour
18 Mar 21:06:38 [1079826152] session closed, quitting...

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

At 10:28 AM on 19 Mar 26, Wilfred van Velzen said to Stephen Walsh:

Hi Stephen,

On 2026-03-19 10:28:58, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

There's also ongoing testing of a new mailer for the Amiga called FidoBlitz. So far there's been no show stopper bugs (Just little ones) reported by those I've sent it to to test.

FidoBlitz - An Amiga Binkp/1.0 Mailer for the Amiga computer.

FidoBlitz is a native Amiga Binkp/1.0 mailer written in AmiBlitz3. It provides a clean, reliable implementation to replace the buggy
existing AmiBinkd port.

Version: 0.15

It uses all native code and not ported/re-compiled with all those issues.

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or 3:633/281).

Calling '39:901/281'. Call time: '0000-2400' UTC.
Now is: 0928 UTC.
dragon.vk3heg.net, 24554
Calling 39:901/281 (2400:a842:4042::244:24554)
SYS FidoBlitz
ZYZ Stephen Walsh
LOC Ballarat, Australia
VER FidoBlitz/0.15/Amiga binkp/1.0
TIME Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:27:55
NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
OPT CRAM-MD5-2f032dcd92aa416ec7baddbd0c5b38f1
address: 3:633/281@fidonet
address: 21:1/196@fsxnet
address: 39:901/281@amiganet
address: 46:3/101.5@agoranet
2400:a842:4042::244 - Ok.
Session with 39:901/281 done.
Calling 39:901/281 (103.51.115.44:24554)
SYS FidoBlitz
ZYZ Stephen Walsh
LOC Ballarat, Australia
VER FidoBlitz/0.15/Amiga binkp/1.0
TIME Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:27:56
NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
OPT CRAM-MD5-d42a76b0eeb8ca989897a0ad6a17acb0
address: 3:633/281@fidonet
address: 21:1/196@fsxnet
address: 39:901/281@amiganet
address: 46:3/101.5@agoranet
103.51.115.44 - Ok.
Session with 39:901/281 done.

Even IPv6! Kudos! ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

Hi. It's pretty good. It just needs to be released to the public, even if it's just in a testing phase.

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

At 10:26 AM on 19 Mar 26, Wilfred van Velzen said to Stephen Walsh:

Hi Stephen,

On 2026-03-19 10:40:48, you wrote to me:

Spot was a point package, so probably tosser and editor in one
package. But likely not compatible with binkd that uses binkly style
outbound (BSO).

It's been so long since I used spot.

I never used Spot, I used April, which was comparable in functionality.

But binkd (and fidoblitz) can create/use ASO style outbounds.

The main issue will be what spot calls to make outbound connections.

Trapdoor?

Spot, I tried it last night, but it doesn't work well with a modern system. I'm
going to compile April and see if the lunatics on my bbs will leave me alone.

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 11:06:01, you wrote to me:

Spot, I tried it last night, but it doesn't work well with a modern system. I'm going to compile April and see if the lunatics on my bbs
will leave me alone.

That would be interesting! It's almost 3 decades ago I last worked on April. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

At 12:53 AM on 19 Mar 26, Wilfred van Velzen said to Tanausu M.:

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 11:06:01, you wrote to me:

Spot, I tried it last night, but it doesn't work well with a modern system. I'm going to compile April and see if the lunatics on my bbs
will leave me alone.

That would be interesting! It's almost 3 decades ago I last worked on April. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

Hi. I just compiled it under SAS/C 6.59, with a couple of minor patches, but it
compiles fine now. Time to test it out.

LOG:

changes:

about.c

char *About = "\
This is April version %s! %s\n\n\
AImport V4.1\n\
AExport V3.0\n\
AprilRexx V1.01\n\
Rescan V1.4\n\
Restyle V4.0\n\
\n\
*** SAS - Beta - test version ***\n\
\n\
%s\n\
Copyright (C) 1992 - 1999 The April programming team\n\
\n\
April comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the license.\n\
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it\n\
under certain conditions; see the license for details.\n\";

*****************
*****************

char *About = "This is April version %s! %s\n\nAImport V4.1\nAExport V3.0\nAprilRexx V1.01\nRescan V1.4\nRestyle V4.0\n\n*** SAS - Beta - test version ***\n\n%s\nCopyright (C) 1992 - 1999 The April programming team\n\nApril comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the license.\nThis is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it\nunder certain conditions; see the license for details.\n";

*****************
*****************

openclose.c and myprocs2.c

Add at the beginning, after the headers

extern struct Library *ConsoleDevice;


*****************
*****************

compiled and working

SAS/C Amiga Compiler 6.59
Copyright (c) 1988-1995 SAS Institute Inc.
sc myprocs2.c
Warning: Debugging information may be inaccurate for optimized code.
SAS/C Amiga Compiler 6.59
Copyright (c) 1988-1995 SAS Institute Inc.
sc db_alloc.c
Warning: Debugging information may be inaccurate for optimized code.
SAS/C Amiga Compiler 6.59
Copyright (c) 1988-1995 SAS Institute Inc.
sc link to april with temp_smk.tmp
Warning: Debugging information may be inaccurate for optimized code.
SAS/C Amiga Compiler 6.59
Copyright (c) 1988-1995 SAS Institute Inc.
Slink - Version 6.59
Copyright (c) 1988-1995 SAS Institute, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


SLINK Complete - Maximum code size = 446152 ($0006cec8) bytes

Final output file size = 516692 ($0007e254) bytes
1.Work:april_compiled/source> april
1.Work:april_compiled/source>

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

Re: Re: Binkd 1.1a-115
By: Wilfred van Velzen to Tanausu M. on Thu Mar 19 2026 12:53:17

hi.

I've uploaded it to my website, in case anyone wants to try it.

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/april_3.2.3.png

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/april
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

I thought the last version of lattice was 6.58? where did 6.59 come from?

fing

--- EXCELSIOR! 1.23; XMAIL! 1.92
* Origin: silentnode.ddns.net:6400 (39:902/559)

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 15:36:03, you wrote to me:

Spot, I tried it last night, but it doesn't work well with a modern
system. I'm going to compile April and see if the lunatics on my bbs
will leave me alone.

That would be interesting! It's almost 3 decades ago I last worked on
April. ;-)

Hi. I just compiled it under SAS/C 6.59, with a couple of minor
patches, but it compiles fine now. Time to test it out.

Cool... I don't remember anything about it, how it looked, how it worked, how I
compiled it, ... ;-)

Last year I tried to read the harddisks from my A4000 (by attaching them to my current hardware), that had the point setup on them, but I couldn't read anything from them anymore... :-(

I should go to my floppies a.s.a.p. that might have some interesting files, and
maybe backups of the point setup. But you can't read Amiga formatted floppies on standard PC floppy drives...

Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 15:45:45, you wrote to me:

I've uploaded it to my website, in case anyone wants to try it.

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/april_3.2.3.png

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/april

Besides the source there should also be lha files with the released Amiga binaries on Aminet for April...


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

At 9:43 AM on 19 Mar 26, John Gerwing said to Tanausu M.:

I thought the last version of lattice was 6.58? where did 6.59 come
from?

fing

Yes, there's an experimental patch that adds some things like c++ improvements,
for anyone who wants to use it. I don't remember where I downloaded it from, I
suppose it was from aminet.

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

At 6:23 PM on 19 Mar 26, Wilfred van Velzen said to Tanausu M.:

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 15:36:03, you wrote to me:

Spot, I tried it last night, but it doesn't work well with a modern
system. I'm going to compile April and see if the lunatics on my bbs
will leave me alone.

That would be interesting! It's almost 3 decades ago I last worked on
April. ;-)

Hi. I just compiled it under SAS/C 6.59, with a couple of minor
patches, but it compiles fine now. Time to test it out.

Cool... I don't remember anything about it, how it looked, how it
worked, how I compiled it, ... ;-)

Last year I tried to read the harddisks from my A4000 (by attaching
them to my current hardware), that had the point setup on them, but I couldn't read anything from them anymore... :-(

I should go to my floppies a.s.a.p. that might have some interesting files, and maybe backups of the point setup. But you can't read Amiga formatted floppies on standard PC floppy drives...

Bye, Wilfred.

It's a shame those disks can't be restored. Couldn't you read the floppy disks with Greaseweazle?

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

At 6:29 PM on 19 Mar 26, Wilfred van Velzen said to Tanausu M.:

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 15:45:45, you wrote to me:

I've uploaded it to my website, in case anyone wants to try it.

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/april_3.2.3.png

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/april

Besides the source there should also be lha files with the released
Amiga binaries on Aminet for April...

Well, I couldn't find them; they're probably around somewhere, but since I had alot of problems yesterday, I downloaded them from mirror.amigaxess.de

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 19:04:13, you wrote to me:

Last year I tried to read the harddisks from my A4000 (by attaching
them to my current hardware), that had the point setup on them, but
I couldn't read anything from them anymore... :-(

I should go to my floppies a.s.a.p. that might have some interesting
files, and maybe backups of the point setup. But you can't read Amiga
formatted floppies on standard PC floppy drives...

It's a shame those disks can't be restored. Couldn't you read the
floppy disks with Greaseweazle?

Maybe, I haven't tried that yet...


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 19:04:13, you wrote to me:

Besides the source there should also be lha files with the released
Amiga binaries on Aminet for April...

Well, I couldn't find them;

Me neither (on Aminet).

they're probably around somewhere, but since I had alot of problems yesterday, I downloaded them from mirror.amigaxess.de

The readme in the source archive points to a website that no longer exists...

But I found a few versions in my archives:

538249 1999-09-30 10:55:44 april108.zip
232022 2000-09-01 23:24:06 april109.zip

The first one is a full release with lots of files, the second one just contains the 'april' executable file.

I've put them online:

http://www.vlzn.nl/april/april108.zip
http://www.vlzn.nl/april/april109.zip


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (39:150/200)

At 10:27 PM on 19 Mar 26, Wilfred van Velzen said to Tanausu M.:

Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-03-19 19:04:13, you wrote to me:

Besides the source there should also be lha files with the released
Amiga binaries on Aminet for April...

Well, I couldn't find them;

Me neither (on Aminet).

they're probably around somewhere, but since I had alot of problems yesterday, I downloaded them from mirror.amigaxess.de

The readme in the source archive points to a website that no longer exists...

But I found a few versions in my archives:

538249 1999-09-30 10:55:44 april108.zip
232022 2000-09-01 23:24:06 april109.zip

The first one is a full release with lots of files, the second one just contains the 'april' executable file.

I've put them online:

http://www.vlzn.nl/april/april108.zip http://www.vlzn.nl/april/april109.zip

Thank you, It comes with a lot of stuff :D

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

Hi wilfred,

On Thursday March 19 2026, Wilfred Van Velzen said to Stephen Walsh:

It's been so long since I used spot.

I never used Spot, I used April, which was comparable in
functionality.

It was either Spot or Foozle in this neck of the woods.

But binkd (and fidoblitz) can create/use ASO style outbounds.
The main issue will be what spot calls to make outbound connections.

Trapdoor?

Yeah, but is/was it hard coded? (I can't remember).


-- Stephen --

Rocking Amiganet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


--- Zeus BBS 1.5
* Origin: -:-- Dragon's Lair --:- dragon.vk3heg.net Prt: 6800 (39:901/281.0)

Hi Wilfred,

On Thursday March 19 2026, Wilfred Van Velzen said to Stephen Walsh:

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or
3:633/281).

Calling '39:901/281'. Call time: '0000-2400' UTC.

[...]

103.51.115.44 - Ok. Session with 39:901/281 done.

Even IPv6! Kudos! ;-)

That only works for inbound (Havn't setup outbound), due to HAProxy being setup!

I doubt anyone will ever update any of the Amiga's TCP/IP stacks to support IPv6.....



-- Stephen --

Rocking Amiganet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


--- Zeus BBS 1.5
* Origin: -:-- Dragon's Lair --:- dragon.vk3heg.net Prt: 6800 (39:901/281.0)

Hi Tanausu,

On Thursday March 19 2026, Tanausu M. said to Stephen Walsh:

FidoBlitz - An Amiga Binkp/1.0 Mailer for the Amiga computer.

[...]

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or
3:633/281).

That's good to know, because with binkd you have to rewrite all the

[...]

So, let us know if you upload it to aminet someday, once they've
finished testing it.

It's pretty stable right now, and could be released but I'm wanting to add Binkp 1.1 support. Undecided on if Compression and/or Encryption should be added...

If you'd like to test it, send me a email ( vk3heg@gmail.com ), and I'll
send you the link to download it, or grab it from my bbs!

Binkd has some minor bugs on amiga... I don't know how I let myself be convinced to use it. I'd rather wait for your program :D

The bugs in Amibinkd are not minor.. The thing needs holding with warm
whoolen gloves or it will come and bite you.


-- Stephen --

Rocking Amiganet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


--- Zeus BBS 1.5
* Origin: -:-- Dragon's Lair --:- dragon.vk3heg.net Prt: 6800 (39:901/281.0)

At 10:30 AM on 21 Mar 26, Stephen Walsh said to Tanausu M.:

Hi Tanausu,

On Thursday March 19 2026, Tanausu M. said to Stephen Walsh:

FidoBlitz - An Amiga Binkp/1.0 Mailer for the Amiga computer.

[...]

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or
3:633/281).

That's good to know, because with binkd you have to rewrite all the

[...]

So, let us know if you upload it to aminet someday, once they've
finished testing it.

It's pretty stable right now, and could be released but I'm wanting to
add Binkp 1.1 support. Undecided on if Compression and/or Encryption should be added...

Eventually you should add compression and encryption, that way you'll have it completely finished.

If you'd like to test it, send me a email ( vk3heg@gmail.com ), and I'll send you the link to download it, or grab it from my bbs!

I've registered on your BBS and I'll take a look. I'm sure it looks good. I bet
you have a whole library of programs and texts.

Binkd has some minor bugs on amiga... I don't know how I let myself be convinced to use it. I'd rather wait for your program :D

The bugs in Amibinkd are not minor.. The thing needs holding with warm whoolen gloves or it will come and bite you.

I've never been able to try that one. I'll download yours and have some fun with it, to see if I can finally get April working properly. Although the veterans ofmy bbs already forced me to use the qwk reader.

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)

At 10:28 AM on 21 Mar 26, Stephen Walsh said to Wilfred van Velzen:

Hi Wilfred,

On Thursday March 19 2026, Wilfred Van Velzen said to Stephen Walsh:

If you want to see it in action make a mailer call to 39:901/281 (or
3:633/281).

Calling '39:901/281'. Call time: '0000-2400' UTC.

[...]

103.51.115.44 - Ok. Session with 39:901/281 done.

Even IPv6! Kudos! ;-)

That only works for inbound (Havn't setup outbound), due to HAProxy
being setup!

I doubt anyone will ever update any of the Amiga's TCP/IP stacks to
support IPv6.....

If they haven't done it already in all these years... with all the TCP/IP stacksthat exist, I agree with you, I doubt anyone will do it at this point.

* Q-Blue 2.4 *
--- SBBSecho 3.37-FreeBSD
* Origin: Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net tel 2300 ssh 2424 (39:190/101)