Hi Gary,

On 2019-04-24 17:51:31, you wrote to me:

 GM> Thank goodness that this is making it out.  I have 4 networks and
 GM> FidoNet seem to be down for at least the last month for me.  How would
 GM> i go about having back-up places to poll?  I would like to take the
 GM> steps needed to make sure the messages flow.

Well, first make sure your software can handle multiple links for the same
network (if it can function as a host/hub it should), and has good dupe
detection. Then ask someone for a link and set things up...

 GM> I am still new at learing all this.  I think I have a sound mailer
 GM> running now.  But how do I know it can handle incoming calls?  Like
 GM> someone trying to crash mail my system?  I Think once you sent a test
 GM> and posted a screen of my BBS ansering and not my mailer.  Can you do
 GM> that again?

I just send a crash netmail and it was accepted by your system:

+ 25 Apr 08:51:25 [30667] call to 1:154/50@fidonet
  25 Apr 08:51:25 [30667] trying rofbbs.ddns.net [65.30.160.27]...
  25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] connected
+ 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] outgoing session with rofbbs.ddns.net:24554
[65.30.160.27]
- 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] OPT CRAM-MD5-befa3c4af8e3fa19417b04e091ec9eee
+ 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] Remote requests MD mode
- 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] SYS Reign of Fire BBS
- 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] ZYZ Gary McCulloch
- 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] LOC Milwaukee, WI
- 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
- 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] TIME Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:18:50 +0000
- 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] VER AmiBinkd v9.02      binkp/1.1
+ 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] addr: 1:154/50@fidonet
+ 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] addr: 80:774/69@retronet (n/a or busy)
+ 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] addr: 64:500/2@cnet (n/a or busy)
+ 25 Apr 08:51:26 [30667] addr: 10:101/33@araknet (n/a or busy)
- 25 Apr 08:51:27 [30667] OPT EXTCMD
+ 25 Apr 08:51:27 [30667] Remote supports EXTCMD mode
+ 25 Apr 08:51:27 [30667] sending /home/fido/outbound.001/cc158ec0.pkt as
cc158ec0.pkt (898)
+ 25 Apr 08:51:27 [30667] sent: /home/fido/outbound.001/cc158ec0.pkt (898,
898.00 CPS, 1:154/50@fidonet)
+ 25 Apr 08:51:27 [30667] done (to 1:154/50@fidonet, OK, S/R: 1/0 (898/0
bytes))
  25 Apr 08:51:27 [30667] session closed, quitting...

So things look good here. Certainly if you can find and read my message on your
 system. 

Bye, Wilfred.

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