Hello

I am running the current version of SynchroNet BBS on Windows 11 Pro. I set all the FidoNet events to run every 5 hours and placed on the nodes on hold. For some reason after posting messages on the FTN Networks the system continues call and send the echo messages when I want SynchroNet to wait until the event happens to send out all the echo mail.

Thanks
Phil Taylor

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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to All on Mon Apr 06 2026 05:23 pm

Hello

I am running the current version of SynchroNet BBS on Windows 11 Pro. I set all the FidoNet events to run every 5 hours and placed on the nodes on hold. For some reason after posting messages on the FTN Networks the system continues call and send the echo messages when I want SynchroNet to wait until the event happens to send out all the echo mail.

Reduce the frequency of the events. <shrug>
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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to Plt on Mon Apr 06 2026 18:28:04

Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to All on Mon Apr 06 2026 05:23 pm

Hello

I am running the current version of SynchroNet BBS on Windows 11 Pro. I set all the FidoNet events to run every 5 hours and
placed on the nodes on hold. For some reason after posting messages on the FTN Networks the system continues call and send the
echo messages when I want SynchroNet to wait until the event happens to send out all the echo mail.

DM

I changed the Call-out Frequency 5 times a day but Fidonet is not doing the same amount of call outs and keeps calling
the hubs after I post new messages in the echo. I changed all the Fidonet events to 5 but that is not working.

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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Tue Apr 07 2026 01:34 pm

I changed the Call-out Frequency 5 times a day but Fidonet is not doing the same amount of call outs and keeps calling
the hubs after I post new messages in the echo. I changed all the Fidonet events to 5 but that is not working.

Change it to once a day.
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Hey Digital!

On Tue, Apr 07 2026 14:54:43 -0500, you wrote:

Change it to once a day.

I'd be okay with once a year, even. :D

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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Tue Apr 07 2026 01:34 pm

Change it to once a day.
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Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.

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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Thu Apr 09 2026 09:09 pm

Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Tue Apr 07 2026 01:34 pm

Change it to once a day.
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Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.

But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.
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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to Plt on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:01 am

Howdy,

Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.

But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.

I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).


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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 09:20 pm

Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.

But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.

I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).

Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank), so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then immediately run binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.
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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 21:20:53

Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to Plt on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:01 am

Howdy,

Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.

But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.

I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).

Hello

I am not complaining and just trying to keep my hubs happy. I do not want the system to call the hubs each time
a new message have been posted in the echoes. All the hubs status have already been placed on hold and all the fidonet
events have changed changes to run 4 times a day.

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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to deon on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:19 pm

I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).

Hello

I am not complaining and just trying to keep my hubs happy. I do not want the system to call the hubs each time
a new message have been posted in the echoes. All the hubs status have already been placed on hold and all the fidonet
events have changed changes to run 4 times a day.

That's not how Synchronet and SBBSecho work, by default. The default configuration is when a new echomail message is locally-posted, the FIDOOUT event is run (because the default setting of SCFG->Networks->FidoNet->Echomail Sempahore is set to "%jfidoout.now"). FIDOUT runs SBBSecho export, but does *not* trigger a BinkIT/BinkP outbound connection (because echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is *blank* by default).

So... did you change a setting? Do you have log output that demonstates the issue?
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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to deon on Fri Apr 10 2026 10:17:36

Re: FidoNet Poll
By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 09:20 pm

Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.

But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.

I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).

Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank),
so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then immediately run
binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.

This is what I am using

Paths and Filenames ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
³Non-secure Inbound Directory ../fido/nonsecure
³Secure Inbound Directory ../fido/inbound
³Outbound Directory ../fido/outbound
³Area File ../data/areas.bbs
³Bad Area File ../data/badareas.lst
³Log File ../data/sbbsecho.log
³Echo Statistics File ../data/echostats.ini
³Temporary File Directory ../temp/sbbsecho
³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now

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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to deon on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:19 pm

Howdy,

I am not complaining and just trying to keep my hubs happy. I do not want the system to call the hubs each time

Your right, I shouldnt have said "complaining" - my bad...

This medium can be interpretted badly too easily and not reflect the actual intent.


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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to Plt on Fri Apr 10 2026 12:25:54

Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to deon on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:19 pm

I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).

Hello

I am not complaining and just trying to keep my hubs happy. I do not want the system to call the hubs each time a new message
have been posted in the echoes. All the hubs status have already been placed on hold and all the fidonet events have changed
changes to run 4 times a day.

That's not how Synchronet and SBBSecho work, by default. The default configuration is when a new echomail message is
locally-posted, the FIDOOUT event is run (because the default setting of SCFG->Networks->FidoNet->Echomail Sempahore is set to
"%jfidoout.now"). FIDOUT runs SBBSecho export, but does *not* trigger a BinkIT/BinkP outbound connection (because

echocfg->Paths->> Outgoing Semaphore File is *blank* by default).

So... did you change a setting? Do you have log output that demonstates the issue?

DM

I did not make any changes to the settings except I added a few nodes, changed the Fidonet events to 5 and placed all the node status on hold.

This is the settings I am using by default.


System Addresses 1:275/100.4, 21:4/114 º
Default Origin Line Themegabbs.ddns.net 6400 º
NetMail Semaphore %jfidoout.now º
EchoMail Semaphore %jfidoout.now º
NetMail Directory ../fido/netmail/ º
Allow Sending of NetMail Yes º
Allow File Attachments Yes º
Send NetMail Using Alias No º
NetMail Defaults to Crash No º
NetMail Defaults to Direct No º
NetMail Defaults to Hold No º
Kill NetMail After Sent Yes º
Cost to Send NetMail 0 º
Choose NetMail Source Address No º

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º Paths and Filenames º°°° ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹°°°
º ³Non-secure Inbound Directory ../fido/nonsecure º°°°
º ³Secure Inbound Directory ../fido/inbound º°°°
º ³Outbound Directory ../fido/outbound º°°°
º ³Area File ../data/areas.bbs º°°°
º ³Bad Area File ../data/badareas.lst º°°°
º ³Log File ../data/sbbsecho.log º°°°
º ³Echo Statistics File ../data/echostats.ini º°°°
º ³Temporary File Directory ../temp/sbbsecho º°°°
º ³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now º°°° ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ°°°

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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:28 pm

Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Digital Man to deon on Fri Apr 10 2026 10:17:36

Re: FidoNet Poll
By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 09:20 pm

Dm that will not work and I need to pull my mail more often.

But you're complaining that 5 times a day is too often. I don't know what to tell you.

I thought he was complaining that his mail goes out immediately, when he wants it to go out when he polls (5 times a day).

Maybe. But the default Synchronet/SBBSecho configuration doesn't do that (echocfg->Paths->Outgoing Semaphore File is blank), so while (by default) the FIDOUT event will run immediately (which invokes SBBSecho export), it will not then immediately run binkit.js. If it is, it's because Phil changed some setting.

This is what I am using

Paths and Filenames ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
³Non-secure Inbound Directory ../fido/nonsecure
³Secure Inbound Directory ../fido/inbound
³Outbound Directory ../fido/outbound
³Area File ../data/areas.bbs
³Bad Area File ../data/badareas.lst
³Log File ../data/sbbsecho.log
³Echo Statistics File ../data/echostats.ini
³Temporary File Directory ../temp/sbbsecho
³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now

So you must've set the Outgoing Semaphore File to that value? Change it back to the default (blank) and it won't immediately perform a BinkIt call-out.
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Re: FidoNet Poll
By: Plt to Digital Man on Fri Apr 10 2026 07:12 pm

º ³Outgoing Semaphore File ../data/binkout.now º°°°

Clear that.

And here's how it got set:
load/install-binkit.js: ini.iniSetValue(null, "OutgoingSemaphore", "../data/binkout.now");

So that explains that: you didn't set it, it's set by the the binkit installer. Sorry about that,
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