Hi all.

Javing an issue here when Intern Rex is not starting in daemon mode like it is supposed to. I just get the top line of the screen, with my BBS name and then nothing else. Internet Rex just hangs. This happens with both the Windows version and the OS/2 version.


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Hi Robert -- on Jul 13 2020 at 00:00, you wrote:

Javing an issue here when Intern Rex is not starting in daemon mode
like it is supposed to. I just get the top line of the screen, with
my BBS name and then nothing else. Internet Rex just hangs. This
happens with both the Windows version and the OS/2 version.

I have that happen from time to time -- the only cure I've found is to
replace all *.rex files from backup, erase the queue and hold
directories, and hope for the best. Oh, and be sure to run the config (rexcfgw.exe) and open/close every menu -- then say Yes to saving
changes.

Good luck!!


Cheers... Dallas

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Hi Robert -- on Jul 13 2020 at 00:00, you wrote:

Javing an issue here when Intern Rex is not starting in daemon mo
like it is supposed to. I just get the top line of the screen, w
my BBS name and then nothing else. Internet Rex just hangs. Thi happens with both the Windows version and the OS/2 version.

I have that happen from time to time -- the only cure I've found is
to replace all *.rex files from backup, erase the queue and hold directories, and hope for the best. Oh, and be sure to run the config (rexcfgw.exe) and open/close every menu -- then say Yes to saving
changes.

Thanks. Will have to give this a try and see what happens. Sad thing is it happens on a fresh install of the software as well :(


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Hi Robert -- on Jul 14 2020 at 00:00, you wrote:

Thanks. Will have to give this a try and see what happens. Sad
thing is it happens on a fresh install of the software as well :(

I know - it's the most fragile program I've got!! (apart from Windows
itself!)

Cheers... Dallas

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Re: Daemon Mode
By: Dallas Hinton to Robert Wolfe on Mon Jul 13 2020 12:14:37

I know - it's the most fragile program I've got!!

i can attest to that ;) ;) LOL


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RE: Re: Daemon Mode
BY: Dallas Hinton(1:153/715)

I know - it's the most fragile program I've got!! (apart from Windows itself!)

Hope another viable alternative happens. Im even willing to pay 30-40 for a decent program.

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Hi Matt -- on Jul 14 2020 at 17:37, you wrote:

I know - it's the most fragile program I've got!! (apart from Windows
itself!)

Hope another viable alternative happens. Im even willing to pay 30-40 for a decent program.

I feel the same way -- I did try binkd, but I'm (apparently) not smart
enough to make it work!

NLMake is another one that's shaky -- I just had to reboot the machine (windows, of course) and not only did it corrupt the exe, but the backup
exe wouldn't work -- I finally copied a fresh exe from the distrib
archive and all is well (for now!).


Cheers... Dallas

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Hi Robert and Whom ever is having problems with Irex I use irew231 and
have not had any of the problems you guys are describing. The only
problem I have had when moving from one computer to another is if I
dont have the same paths so if I dont have the directory it close's
thats the only problems I have had with Irex ever out of all the years
I have been using it.
Thanks Sam

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Hi Sam -- on Jul 13 2020 at 20:50, you wrote:

Hi Robert and Whom ever is having problems with Irex I use irew231 and

Where did you get it? I wasn't aware of a public release past 2.29.


Cheers... Dallas

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Hi Robert and Whom ever is having problems with Irex I use irew231
and have not had any of the problems you guys are describing. The
only problem I have had when moving from one computer to another is
if I dont have the same paths so if I dont have the directory it
close's thats the only problems I have had with Irex ever out of all
the years I have been using it.

Yeah, that is the same version I use as well -- both for Windows and for OS/2 -- and have the same issue with both. It goes to start up in daemon mode and all I get is the first like of the screen and it then locks up and I have to Ctrl-C to get out of it.


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Hi Sam -- on Jul 13 2020 at 20:50, you wrote:

Hi Robert and Whom ever is having problems with Irex I use irew23

Where did you get it? I wasn't aware of a public release past 2.29.

You can get it from Janis Kracht. 2.29 is, I believe, the last "official release" of Internet Rex. 2.31 was supposed to be available only to those of us who were beta testers at the time.


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Hi Robert -- on Jul 26 2020 at 00:00, you wrote:

You can get it from Janis Kracht. 2.29 is, I believe, the last
"official release" of Internet Rex. 2.31 was supposed to be
available only to those of us who were beta testers at the time.

Ah, I see. Thanks! What changes are there from 2.29 to 2.31? Anything significant?



Cheers... Dallas

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RE: Re: Daemon Mode
BY: Dallas Hinton(1:153/715)


Version 2.31
------------

! only the first 32K of message headers are scanned when applying rules
- fix updating of bundle counters for compressed mail
- make Rex more resistent to miscompiled nodelists
- Rex wasn't correctly removing local copies of files when MIRRORing an
FTP directory
- change reporting an M_ERR during file receive as an unexpected command
to an error
- request CRC and MD5 mode on connection for BinkP server
- DOS style T-Mail fileboxes for points weren't being properly read
- numbered packed archives under Linux weren't getting named properly
- POP3 logins could return invalid strings when no local hostname was
configured under OS/2
- CAPA sent before login gave a spurious CAPA response in the POP3 server
- Rexcfg was crashing when configuring new newsgroups with no email addresses
setup

Version 2.30
------------
! There is *no*... version 2.30.

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Hi Matt -- on Jul 25 2020 at 13:52, you wrote:

Version 2.31

! only the first 32K of message headers are scanned when applying rules
- fix updating of bundle counters for compressed mail

Thanks, Matt - these 2 interest me; the others don't seem like to affect
the way I'm running.


Cheers... Dallas

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You can get it from Janis Kracht. 2.29 is, I believe, the last "official release" of Internet Rex. 2.31 was supposed to be
available only to those of us who were beta testers at the time.

Ah, I see. Thanks! What changes are there from 2.29 to 2.31?
Anything significant?

Not sure. I never read any README files or WHATSNEW files :)


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Hello Dallas!

13 Jul 2020 12:14, Dallas Hinton wrote to Robert Wolfe:

Thanks. Will have to give this a try and see what happens. Sad
thing is it happens on a fresh install of the software as well :(

I know - it's the most fragile program I've got!! (apart from Windows itself!)

it was not netscape atleast ?


Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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Hello Matt!

14 Jul 2020 17:37, Matt Munson wrote to Dallas Hinton:

I know - it's the most fragile program I've got!! (apart from Windows
itself!)

Hope another viable alternative happens. Im even willing to pay 30-40
for a decent program.

binkd is gui less, no need to pay


Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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Hello Dallas!

14 Jul 2020 18:23, Dallas Hinton wrote to Matt Munson:

I know - it's the most fragile program I've got!! (apart from Windows
itself!)

Hope another viable alternative happens. Im even willing to pay 30-40
for a decent program.

I feel the same way -- I did try binkd, but I'm (apparently) not smart enough to make it work!

did you ask in binkd echomail ?

NLMake is another one that's shaky -- I just had to reboot the machine (windows, of course) and not only did it corrupt the exe, but the
backup exe wouldn't work -- I finally copied a fresh exe from the distrib archive and all is well (for now!).

in that case i think windows needs a backup for fidonet


Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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Hi, Benny -- on Aug 17 2020 at 19:51, you wrote:

did you ask in binkd echomail ?

I did, but no answers that were useful.

in that case i think windows needs a backup for fidonet

:-)




Cheers... Dallas

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RE: Re: Daemon Mode
BY: Erich B.(1:103/705)

I am hoping for an alternative to Internet rex. Maybe Intermail 3.0 will happen :)

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If someone decides to start development again but I highly doubt it though. They might as well update Frontdoor as well then too to coincide with the times.

$ The Millionaire $

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RE: Re: Daemon Mode
BY: Erich B.(1:103/705)

If someone decides to start development again but I highly doubt it
though.
They might as well update Frontdoor as well then too to coincide with
the
times.

Many of the developers are doing it out of goodwill and want to have a good coda to the bbs era, I am open to giving a 25-50 buck donation if the product is kick arse :)


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