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    From Tom Swartz@1:153/757.11 to All on Sat Nov 3 20:32:00 2018
    Hello fellow irex users...

    I am running WinXP SP3 with Irex v2.31 for Windows & PCBoard v15.3.

    Irex works just great when i run it manually or on the command line.

    It errors out when i try and run it in server mode. Windows gives an
    error message when booting up. Not able to load rexserve.exe.

    Has anyone been able to get irex running in server mode on WinXP?

    The manual says it's XP compatible. I do have rexserv.exe in the IREX directory. It's also not registered.

    Thanks in advance...

    --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 100
    * Origin: Danger Bay BBS * Vancouver, Canada (1:153/757.11)
  • From LEE GREEN@1:102/401 to Tom Swartz on Sun Nov 4 08:23:24 2018
    I've never used rexserv.exe in the 10+ years I've used IREX I use
    REXW.exe. Are you running rexw in daemon mode? Read the Requirements
    below. When I tried running Rexserv it doesn't do anything here.

    Are you referrring to FTP,BinkP,POP3,SMTP servers as server mode??

    Starting with version 2.00 of Internet Rex, running Rex in daemon mode
    allows you the option of running built-in servers, also known as
    daemons. You can use these to provide services to people using your
    machine. The FTP server can be used for sharing files on the internet
    or accepting FTP uploads from downlinks; the POP3, SMTP and finger
    servers let you host your own internet email addresses; the BinkP server
    lets you receive inbound BinkP connections; and the ident server lets
    you provide verification for other internet programs (IRC clients, for example).

    Requirements
    In order to run the various servers Rex includes, your setup will
    require: A full time internet connection.
    Rex must be running in daemon mode. Rex must be run in daemon mode to
    ensure that it stays around long enough for the servers to be
    accessible.


    Hello fellow irex users...

    I am running WinXP SP3 with Irex v2.31 for Windows & PCBoard v15.3.

    Irex works just great when i run it manually or on the command line.

    It errors out when i try and run it in server mode. Windows gives an
    error message when booting up. Not able to load rexserve.exe.

    Has anyone been able to get irex running in server mode on WinXP?

    The manual says it's XP compatible. I do have rexserv.exe in the IREX directory. It's also not registered.

    Thanks in advance...

    --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 100
    * Origin: Danger Bay BBS * Vancouver, Canada (1:153/757.11)
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: TECHWARE BBS - Since 1995 - www.techware.dynip.com/ (1:102/401)
  • From Leslie Given@1:275/91 to Tom Swartz on Sun Nov 4 16:46:59 2018
    On 11/03/18, Tom Swartz said the following...

    I am running WinXP SP3 with Irex v2.31 for Windows & PCBoard v15.3.

    I ran the same version of irex on same OS for about 5 years with mystic before it had all the servers built into mystic. Others also have used irex with pcboard by running rexw.exe -daemon This will run whatever irex servers that you have turned on.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: flupH | fluph.araknet.xyz (1:275/91)
  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Tom Swartz on Thu Nov 8 18:50:25 2018
    Tom Swartz wrote in a message to All:

    It errors out when i try and run it in server mode. Windows gives
    an error message when booting up. Not able to load rexserve.exe.

    Has anyone been able to get irex running in server mode on WinXP?

    The manual says it's XP compatible. I do have rexserv.exe in the
    IREX directory. It's also not registered.

    Try "REXW.EXE -DAE". This will tell Internet Rex to run in daemon/server mode.
    The REXSERV.EXE I believe installs Internet Rex as a service.

    Peace,
    Robert

    --- timEd/2 1.30+
    * Origin: Omicron Theta/2 * Southaven, MS * os2bbs.org:2300 (1:116/18)