Another project im working on. Will be a linux version, too.

C:\bbstools\t-rex\bin>trexconsole -fetch -send
trex: [Default] polling bbs.winserver.com:24554 (offering 0 file(s))
trex: remote: SYS Santronics Online
trex: remote: ZYZ Hector Santos
trex: remote: LOC Homestead, FL
trex: remote: VER PxOnline/10.0gr18.1 binkp/1.1
trex: remote: OPT CRAM-MD5-62a295502b9f59241133ab325f89d405
trex: remote address(es): 99:1/1@xnet 1:135/381@fidonet
trex: [Default] poll complete: sent 0, received 0

C:\bbstools\t-rex\bin>trexconsole -v
T-Rex FTN Mailer (console) Win32/v0.3

... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
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On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:21:08 -0400
"Robert Wolfe" (86:100/14) <Robert.Wolfe@f14.n100.z86.fidonet> wrote:

Another project im working on. Will be a linux version, too.

C:\bbstools\t-rex\bin>trexconsole -fetch -send
trex: [Default] polling bbs.winserver.com:24554 (offering 0 file(s))
trex: remote: SYS Santronics Online
trex: remote: ZYZ Hector Santos
trex: remote: LOC Homestead, FL
trex: remote: VER PxOnline/10.0gr18.1 binkp/1.1
trex: remote: OPT CRAM-MD5-62a295502b9f59241133ab325f89d405
trex: remote address(es): 99:1/1@xnet 1:135/381@fidonet
trex: [Default] poll complete: sent 0, received 0

C:\bbstools\t-rex\bin>trexconsole -v
T-Rex FTN Mailer (console) Win32/v0.3

... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
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What does irex do that binkd doesn't ?
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What does irex do that binkd doesn't ?

Robert wrote his own BinkD to work with WINServer since WINS's BinkD is
rather buggy.

-- Sean

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What does irex do that binkd doesn't ?

Robert wrote his own BinkD to work with WINServer since WINS's BinkD is rather buggy.

-- Sean

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Right now though, PXW seems to be working fine. I mainly wrote t-rex
because it has ipv6 support and the linux port has better dns
resolution under newer modern kernels, which was always broken for me.
That and it was also an overly enthusiastic yet over-zealous attempt at re-learning Pascal. :)

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C:\pxw\trex>trex -fetch 1:320/219@fidonet
trex: [fidonet/Default] polling phoenix.bnbbbs.net:24555 (offering 0
file(s))
trex: remote: OPT CRAM-MD5-6e44e4ac6bd6d4dacd71b3575dc1f113
trex: remote: OPT CRC
trex: remote: SYS Phoenix BBS
trex: remote: ZYZ Andrew Leary
trex: remote: LOC Groton, CT
trex: remote: NDL IBN:24555,IFC,ITN:60177,XX,CM
trex: remote: TIME Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:17:41 -0400
trex: remote: VER mbcico/1.1.7.2/Linux-x86_64 binkp/1.1
trex: remote: PHN phoenix.bnbbbs.net
trex: remote: OPM Home of MBSE BBS for Linux/*BSD
trex: remote address(es): 1:320/219@fidonet 1:16/0@fidonet
1:1/19@fidonet 10:4/1@league10 10:4/0@league10 21:4/105@fsxnet
32:1/11@gamenet 42:256/5@sfnet 46:1/156@agoranet 169:1/152@battlnet 411:411/99@combatnt 618:100/2@micronet 618:618/2@micronet
954:100/1@hobbynet 954:100/0@hobbynet 110:20/1@linuxnet
110:20/0@linuxnet 110:212/1@linuxnet 110:212/0@linuxnet
110:110/2@linuxnet 110:50/0@linuxnet 38:3/1@fu-net 38:3/0@fu-net 38:860/1@fu-net 38:860/0@fu-net 999:100/1@health 999:100/0@health 86:86/1@nixnet 86:86/0@nixnet
trex: remote offered CRAM-MD5 - responding with a hashed password, not plaintext
trex: remote: OPT EXTCMD GZ BZ2 PLZ CRC
trex: remote: TRF 0 0
trex: [fidonet/Default] poll complete: sent 0, received 0


what i'm talkin' 'bout :)
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:12:58 -0400
"Sean Dennis" (86:100/1) <Sean.Dennis@f1.n100.z86.fidonet> wrote:

What does irex do that binkd doesn't ?

Robert wrote his own BinkD to work with WINServer since WINS's BinkD
is rather buggy.

-- Sean

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I've been using binkd on Linux since I started my bbs almsot 10 years
ago and had no problems, so I'm surprised the win version is buggy.
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On Aug 31, 2026 01:01pm, Nelgin wrote to Sean Dennis:

On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:12:58 -0400
"Sean Dennis" (86:100/1) <Sean.Dennis@f1.n100.z86.fidonet>

wrote:

What does irex do that binkd doesn't ?

Robert wrote his own BinkD to work with WINServer since WINS's

BinkD

is rather buggy.

-- Sean

--- MBSE BBS v1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
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I've been using binkd on Linux since I started my bbs almsot 10

years

ago and had no problems, so I'm surprised the win version is

buggy.

the px/wins implementation is brand new. but so far it looks like
it back on the right travck if youtre seeing this.
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nelgin wrote to Sean Dennis:

I've been using binkd on Linux since I started my bbs almsot 10 years
ago and had no problems, so I'm surprised the win version is buggy.

It's because Hector Santos, the owner of WINServer, pretends he knows how to program and is a vibe coder and has no clue how his software actually
works.

(For those who don't know, vibe coding is a style of software development
where you build apps or websites by giving plain-English prompt to an artificial intelligence (AI) instead of writing code line by line.)

-- Sean

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On Aug 31, 2026 01:01pm, Nelgin wrote to Sean Dennis:

On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:12:58 -0400
"Sean Dennis" (86:100/1) <Sean.Dennis@f1.n100.z86.fidonet>

wrote:

What does irex do that binkd doesn't ?

Robert wrote his own BinkD to work with WINServer since WINS's

BinkD

is rather buggy.

-- Sean

--- MBSE BBS v1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
* Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (86:100/1)

I've been using binkd on Linux since I started my bbs almsot 10

years

ago and had no problems, so I'm surprised the win version is

buggy.

--
End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23
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(86:200/30)

dns resolution is broken with newer kernels. this is not the case
with t-rex.

plus this feature - added and verified working today:

C:\pxw\trex>trex -listen
trex: starting listener on default bind address, port 24554 (dual-
stack IPv4+IPv6 attempted first, falling back to IPv4-only if
unavailable)
trex: listening on :::24554

ipv6 verified in and out working.
plus it natively reads px format nodelist datsabase.
It can also use its own compiled or raw nodelist.
works with synchronet binkit based systems without puking.

Amy more qustions?

Or do i need to post the entire feature list?

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On Aug 31, 2026 01:01pm, Nelgin wrote to Sean Dennis:

On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:12:58 -0400
"Sean Dennis" (86:100/1) <Sean.Dennis@f1.n100.z86.fidonet>

wrote:

What does irex do that binkd doesn't ?

Robert wrote his own BinkD to work with WINServer since WINS's

BinkD

is rather buggy.

-- Sean

--- MBSE BBS v1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
* Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (86:100/1)

I've been using binkd on Linux since I started my bbs almsot 10

years

ago and had no problems, so I'm surprised the win version is

buggy.

--
End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23
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(86:200/30)

irex cant do this:

C:\pxw\trex>trex -send "sean dennis"
trex: -- polling only "sean dennis" (named on the command line) - no
other peer is touched --
trex: [fidonet/leary] poll skipped: not among the addresses/sysop
names given on the command line
trex: [fidonet/filebank] poll skipped: not among the addresses/sysop
names given on the command line
trex: [fidonet/AdHoc-1:1/110] ad hoc poll: "sean dennis" is not a
configured peer, but resolved via the compiled nodelist to 1:1/110 -
polling it anyway
trex: [fidonet/AdHoc-1:1/110] resolved 1:1/110 from the compiled
nodelist (INA/IBN) to bbs.outpostbbs.net:24554
trex: [fidonet/AdHoc-1:1/110] polling bbs.outpostbbs.net:24554
(offering 0 file(s))
trex: remote: OPT CRAM-MD5-568929e01521f53e3e69201c1392c916
trex: remote: OPT CRC
trex: remote: SYS Outpost BBS
trex: remote: ZYZ Sean Dennis
trex: remote: LOC Johnson City, TN
trex: remote: NDL ICM,XX,IBN,IFC
trex: remote: TIME Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:17:42 -0400
trex: remote: VER mbcico/1.1.7.2/Linux-x86_64 binkp/1.1
trex: remote: PHN bbs.outpostbbs.net
trex: remote: OPM Home of Cheepware and the Micronet Information
Network


Poll by sysop name vs ftn address.

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