NAME

       binkd - transfer files between two Fidonet systems over TCP/IP

SYNOPSIS

       binkd [-CcDipqrsvmh] [ -P node ] config-file

DESCRIPTION

       Binkd  is  a Fidonet mailer designed to operate via TCP/IP networks. As a FTN-compatible internet daemon,
       it makes possible efficient utilization of TCP/IP protocol suite as a transport layer in FTN-based  (Fido
       Technology Network) networks.

       Binkd  expects  your  spool  for Fido-like networks to be in BSO ("Bink style outbound") or optionaly ASO
       ("Amiga style outbound") format.  BSO is also used by ifmail and BinkleyTerm mailers.

OPTIONS

       -C     Binkd running with this  option  will  reread  the  configuration  file  if  it  is  changed.  The
              modification  time of the configuration file is checked every 60 seconds and on every incoming and
              outgoing connection.

       -c     Start client only. Normally Binkd starts both server and client.

       -D     Run Binkd as a daemon (cannot be used for client-only mode).

       -i     Run Binkd from inetd.

       -P     Poll a node.  An empty *.ilo file in the outbound will be  created,  which  will  force  Binkd  to
              connect  to  and to receive mail from the node ( Binkd will also add "Node node * -" record to the
              table-of-nodes in Binkd ´s memory if there is no entry for the node in the configuration file).

       -p     Start client manager, process polls, quit if the queue seems to be empty after  the  next  rescan.
              Implies -c.

       -q     Quiet mode. Turns off printq, conlog and percents statements of configuration.

       -r     Disable crypt traffic.

       -s     Start server only. Normally Binkd starts both server and client.

       -v     Be  verbose.   This flag can be specified multiple times for even higher verbosity.  Binkd -v will
              dump binkd's version and quit.  Binkd -vvv binkd.cfg will dump  binkd's  configuration  and  still
              work.

       -m     Disable CRAM-MD5 authorization. Implies -r.

       -n     doing not call or listen (only check cfg and make polls)

       -h     Print help message.

SIGNALS

       SIGHUP Causes Binkd to reload it's config.

SEE ALSO

       inetd(8)

       Binkd homepage, http://homepage.corbina.net/~maloff/binkd/ ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/mailer/binkd/

       "Binkd User Guide" by Nick Soveiko, http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~nsoveiko/fido/binkd/man/

AUTHORS

       Dima Maloff <maloff@tts.magadan.su> and others.

       This manual page is based on "Binkd User Guide" by nsoveiko@doe.carleton.ca (Nick Soveiko)

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <binkd-bugs@happy.kiev.ua>

                                                   2 Oct 2008                                           BINKD(8)