I realize I am going to get some flack for this, but here is my
"re-imagining":

C:\bbstools\t-rex\bin>trexconsole
T-Rex FTN Mailer Win32/v0.3
based on Internet Rex by Charles Cruden - Phase 3.0

trex [-fetch [binkp|dir] [<address> ...]]
[-send [binkp|dir] [<address> ...]]
[-net <name>[,<name>...]] [-listen]
[-daemon] [-event <tag>] [-trim] [-maint] [-tray]
[-help | -notify [<address> ...]]
[-cfg <path>] [-log <path>] [-q] [--version] [-?]

With no options, the Free Vision build starts its text-mode shell;
the console build (trexconsole) just prints this usage instead.
Any of the options above run either build headless, no shell.
Switch names may be abbreviated to whatever is unambiguous, e.g.
-f for -fetch, -d for -daemon - same convention as Internet Rex.

-fetch polls every configured network's uplink and accepts
whatever it offers. -send additionally offers whatever is
queued in that network's own OutboundDir.
-net limits -fetch/-send/-listen to specific configured networks
instead of all of them (see trexcfg -list-networks).
-listen runs as an inbound BinkP server instead of polling out -
accepts callers, checked against every configured
network's session password (see the README). Runs until
stopped (Ctrl+C) - it does not exit on its own.
Configure a network first with: trexcfg -net <name> -set ...

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and prelim test results wih an actual host:

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

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I realize I am going to get some flack for this, but here is my "re-imagining":

C:\bbstools\t-rex\bin>trexconsole
T-Rex FTN Mailer Win32/v0.3
based on Internet Rex by Charles Cruden - Phase 3.0

Very interesting. I have sort of gone the route of using the corresponding *nix tools like binkd (which, IIRC, there are also Windows and I am certain OS/2 builds for) but IREX could obviously do some additional things that maybe don't have an easy equivalent.

Mike

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Very interesting. I have sort of gone the route of using the corresponding *nix tools like binkd (which, IIRC, there are also Windows and I am certain OS/2 builds for) but IREX could obviously do some additional things that may
don't have an easy equivalent.

I heard back from Charles in an email about this this morning and he
wished me the best of luck on this project.

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I heard back from Charles in an email about this this morning and he wished me the best of luck on this project.

Thats cool. You have this shown anywhere?

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