4. Installation of Binkley.

4.1 Configuration/Installation of the caller

1. The first thing to do is: change directory to /bt do

   make
   su root
   make install
   

   you should get in /usr/bin:

   -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     fido       238983 Sep 15 18:04 /usr/bin/bt
   

   and in /usr/lib/binkley:

   -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          742 Sep 16 10:04 binkley.cfg
   -rw-r--r--   1 uucp     root          108 Sep 16 10:10 binkley.day
   -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        12332 Sep 15 16:20 binkley.lng
   -rw-r--r--   1 uucp     root          124 Mar 20  2029 binkley.scd
   -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        14423 Sep 15 16:20 btctl
   -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        13813 Sep 15 16:20 btlng
   -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        15649 Sep 15 16:20 english.txt
   -rwsr-xr-x   1 uucp     fido         1603 Sep 15 16:20 fido-toconv
   

2. File /usr/lib/binkley/binkley.cfg

   FEddiNodelist
   (1)Port 2
   (2)baud     38400
   LockBaud 38400
   (3)Init ATZ0|~AT&K6|~
   (4)Prefix ATDP
   PreDial ~
   PreInit |v``^``
   LogLevel 5
   LineUpdate
   Gong
   AutoBaud
   PollTries 10
   PollDelay 600
   Unattended
   BoxType 0
   NiceOutBound  
   ReadHoldTime 1
   (5)System seudonimo_fido
   (6)Sysop tu_nombre
   StatusLog    /home/fido/fnet/log/binkley.log  200
   Downloads    /home/fido/fnet/inbound/
   CaptureFile  /home/fido/fnet/log/session.log
   NetFile      /home/fido/fnet/inbound/
   Hold         /home/fido/fnet/outbound/
   Nodelist     /home/fido/fnet/nodelist/
   (7)Address 2:346/207.XX@FidoNet.org 5207 tel_del_boss
   (8)Key !the_passwd 2:346/207
   (9)Domain FidoNet.org outbound
   Address 25:946/100.XX@EuroNet.org
   Key !the_passwd 25:946/100
   Domain EuroNet.org outbound
   Address 93:346/101.XX@SubNet.org
   Key !the_passwd 93:346/101
   Domain SubNet.org outbound
   

   You may start with this file. Just change what you need and take away the numbers in parenthesis.
   • (1), serial port you're going to use 1 COM1, 2 COM2, etc... (*)
   • (2), port speed, 19200 if it's a 16450
   • (3), the modem's initialization string
   • (4), the prefix for your bbs, e.g.: ATDP (pulses) o ATDT (tones)
   • (5), your nickname as it appears on the pointlist, w/o the _
   • (6), your name as it appears on the pointlist, w/o the _
   • (7), your main fido address fakenet bbs_telefone_number
   • (8), your password and the boss, don't forget to put an ``!'' as a prefix to your password.
   • (9), Subdomains, if you have some, handle them following the same rules as your main domain.
   • (*) You may use 5, which will open /dev/modem. Normally /dev/modem is a symlink to /dev/cua0 or /dev/cua1, (ln -s /dev/cua1 /dev/modem). At least I have it this way...
3. Include the following line in your ~/.profile

   export BINKLEY=/usr/lib/binkley
   

   do

   . ~/.profile
   

   (you need to do this just now. The next time you enter as fido you'll already have BINKLEY initialized)
4. Execute

   bt
   

4.2 Problems

If you run into troubles, for sure it's about permissions or a badly defined path. Check them out.

1. The most common error is:

   cannot re-open logfile
   

   The owner is usually: usuario.uucp. The permissions: 664
2. Another rather common error: Here it might be that the assigned tty doesn't have the appropriate permissions. Specially if this had been used by getty, normally it should get permissions to read and write for everybody. The message was:

   tty port can not be initialized
   

   Solution:

   chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0  
   

   or ttyS1; (COM1: or COM2:).
3. For RedHat users:

   ln -s /var/spool /usr
   

If you get a screen similar to frodo you could do the following:

ALT-Y, call your bbs, it'll leave your mail there and fetch what you got. Then you just need to execute the commands mentioned for mail handling.

If it appears to have fallen asleep during the FIRST file transmission, hit the ESC key to wake it up.

4.3 ``Templates''.

This is my templates file $FNET/msgbase/template:

#if to (AreaMgr|FileScan)
#;
#; ********** Handling of AreaMgr- and FileScan-Mails **********
#;
#else
#if group (--InterNet--)
#;
#; ********** Handling of  Internet-Mails **********
#;
How are you #1E!

#if mode (reply)
In <#a> #f wrote:
#.
#quote
#else
#.
#endif

Greetings,
  Manu

#|insertfortune
#else
#;
#; ********** Handling of other Mails **********
#;
Hi #1E!

#if mode (reply|forward)
#if mode (netreply)
That happy day #d, #f said to #e
in #a concerning "#s":
#.
#quote
#endif
#if mode (^reply)
On #d, #f would write to #e
concerning "#s":
#.
#quote
#endif
#if mode (forward)

Even if it doesn't look like, it's a forward
 * Message from #f to #e
 *         on #d to #t
 *         concerning "#s"
 *         in #a
                                      ,,,
                                     (o o)
---------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo------------------------------

#text

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif
#else
#.
#endif

#if group (--Intern--|^$)
#if from Manuel Soriano
Bye,
  Manu

#|insertfortune
#else
Bye,
  #1F
#endif
#else
Bye,
  #1F
#endif
#endif
#endif

                \|/         
                0-0         dpsys10@dapsys.ch
    *****---oOo-(_)-oOo---**********************************************
    * Manuel Soriano             * El Perello/Valencia/Spain *

Once created your area directories, you can create an origin file in each of them, and insert one or several lines (but not more than 70 chars) referring to your message's origin.