My system is working as a Hub, I run Mystic here.

One of the nodes that connect to me runs Synchronet on Linux and uses
binkd. Every now and then present the follwing message when I try to poll it:

Remote system is BUSY

What does it mean?

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Re: Remote system is BUSY
By: Flavio Bessa to All on Sat Jan 09 2021 07:44 pm

Remote system is BUSY

What does it mean?

It is a busy signal.. :)

It means your links available "maxservers ??" are busy ATM.

It will probably be clear in a minute or two.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 09 Jan 2021, Alan Ianson said the following...

It means your links available "maxservers ??" are busy ATM.

It will probably be clear in a minute or two.

Actually the remote system is responding BUSY to me since yesterday.

In Mystic, usually it's due to a .BSY file that's left at semaphore directory after a crash.

Does binkd has a similar directory?

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Re: Re: Remote system is BUSY
By: Flavio Bessa to Alan Ianson on Sun Jan 10 2021 03:49 pm

Actually the remote system is responding BUSY to me since yesterday.

That sounds like some stale .bsy files created by a tosser or binkd, I can't say.

My binkd includes "kill-old-bsy 12h", so old .bsy files should be removed after 12 hours if they get left behind for some reason.

In Mystic, usually it's due to a .BSY file that's left at semaphore directory after a crash.

Yes, I have seen that.

Does binkd has a similar directory?

Yes, these .bsy files are created in the outbound by binkd or a tosser, the same as Mystic although binkd does not have a semaphore directory. I have never known binkd to leave stray .bsy files behind. I think that could happen in the case of an abnormal shutdown by a tosser or binkd, but I have never seen it.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Remote system is BUSY
By: Flavio Bessa to Alan Ianson on Sun Jan 10 2021 15:49:52

Actually the remote system is responding BUSY to me since yesterday.

In Mystic, usually it's due to a .BSY file that's left at semaphore directory after a crash.

Does binkd has a similar directory?

yes, the BSO is where those files are written by all binkp mailers... this is how/why you can run multiple binkp mailers all using the same BSO... they all use the same bsy/?lo/?ut files... if they see a bsy, they know the
node with that address is ummm... busy...


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