Howdy,

Like freq was having issues polling on his Pi, I have another new user with the same issue.

--------------------- POLL v1.12 A48 2023/01/15 Sun, Nov 16 2025 (loglevel 3) + 16.11.2025 20:48:07 Polling all nodes of session type ALL
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:07 Queued 1 files (896 bytes) for 21:3/100
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:07 1-Polling 21:3/100 on slot 1 via BINKP
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:07 1-DEBUG ConnectMode=0
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:07 1-Connecting to n3.z21.bbs.dege.au on port 24554
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:15 Polled 1 systems

This is the extent of their log - and there is no connection attempt made.

Any tips for carlos and freq on this?

Otherwise maybe they should use binkd?


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Like freq was having issues polling on his Pi, I have another new user with the same issue.

--------------------- POLL v1.12 A48 2023/01/15 Sun, Nov 16 2025 (loglevel 3) + 16.11.2025 20:48:07 Polling all nodes of session type ALL + 16.11.2025 20:48:07 Queued 1 files (896 bytes) for 21:3/100
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:07 1-Polling 21:3/100 on slot 1 via BINKP
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:07 1-DEBUG ConnectMode=0
+ 16.11.2025 20:48:07 1-Connecting to n3.z21.bbs.dege.au on port 24554

This is what my log shows when I poll my hub:

Nov 16 00:29:03 1-Polling 21:2/100 on slot 1 via BINKP
Nov 16 00:29:03 1-Connecting to error404bbs.ddns.net on port 24555

I'm wondering if the address they are connecting to could be the problem (n3.z21.bbs.dege.au)? Only a guess.

|11ogg
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Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: ogg to deon on Sun Nov 16 2025 03:42 pm

Howdy,

I'm wondering if the address they are connecting to could be the problem (n3.z21.bbs.dege.au)? Only a guess.

I dont think so, that's what everybody else uses:

$ host n3.z21.bbs.dege.au
n3.z21.bbs.dege.au is an alias for clrghouz.bbs.dege.au.
clrghouz.bbs.dege.au is an alias for ip4.bbs.dege.au.
ip4.bbs.dege.au has address 139.99.135.199


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I'm wondering if the address they are connecting to could be the problem

(n3.z21.bbs.dege.au)? Only a guess.

I dont think so, that's what everybody else uses:

$ host n3.z21.bbs.dege.au
n3.z21.bbs.dege.au is an alias for clrghouz.bbs.dege.au. clrghouz.bbs.dege.au is an alias for ip4.bbs.dege.au.
ip4.bbs.dege.au has address 139.99.135.199

If other people are using it, then I'm out of ideas. Sorry!

|11ogg
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|11altairiv.ddns.net:2323

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I also change the address to ip:139.99.135.199, same result.

Things that don't work on Raspberry Pi:
-- FTP server. Have connection but no DIRs listing.
-- SMTP client. No sending of internet emails.
-- No import of FILE.ID.DIZ file on LHA archives. No good for Amiga files.
-- Don't know if my BINKP server is working, when i telnet to my ip and port i got nothing on screen. Don't know if this is normal ?

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Hey Gods69!

On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:19:36 +0000, you wrote:

I also change the address to ip:139.99.135.199, same result.

There is probably about 3 stages here:

mystic -cfg > Networking > Echomail Addresses
- Here you have to make sure you have your information correct.

mystic -cfg > Networking > Echomail Nodes
- Here you have to make sure you have your uplink's information correct, and "Active" set to yes.

mystic -cfg > Editors > Message Base Editor > (any echo linked to your uplink)
- Here you have to make sure you have the proper "Echo Tag" set, ACS levels set properly, including group (s20g<group#>), your "Net Address" set, and "Origin" line set.

After that, a 'mis poll (uplink address)' should work. If it doesn't, please post what your logs say here.

Things that don't work on Raspberry Pi:

-- FTP server. Have connection but no DIRs listing.

mystic -cfg > Servers > FTP

- Obviously if you can connect, you already have it running. Try using "Passive Mode = Yes", and restart MIS.

mystic -cfg > Configuration > File Base Settings > Download via FTP = Yes

mystic -cfg > Editors > File Base Editor
- Make sure "FTP ACS" is set to the proper access level and group (s20z<group#>).

-- SMTP client. No sending of internet emails.

mystic -cfg > Servers > General Options > SMTP

- Make sure the SMTP section is configured properly. If your ISP blocks port 25 (a lot of them do), you may have to try a different port.

Maybe others will chime in here, but this part of the code, as well as FTP, may not be 100% complete, either. I don't remember, it's been about 6 months since public development stopped.

-- No import of FILE.ID.DIZ file on LHA archives. No good for Amiga files.

- mystic -cfg > Editors > Archive Editor > LHA

I have two listings for LHA here, one of them is for Linux, and the other is for Windows. The one for Windows uses 7zip, so you would need to install 7zip if your BBS is on Windows.

I had thought you mentioned running on a Pi4, though. So you would actually need the lha package installed on your system in order to use it (on my system, the package name is "lhasa"), but your OS may be different.

-- Don't know if my BINKP server is working, when i telnet to my
ip and port i got nothing on screen. Don't know if this is normal ?

If it connects and doesn't display anything, then yes, I believe it's normal for Mystic. I'm guessing Mystic waits for some kind of handshake, and if it doesn't get it, it doesn't display anything.

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Are you posting from a different BBS? This is why I mentioned 7zip on Windows, FYI.. but I remember reading your previous message about a Pi4.

Either way, hope some of this (if any) helped. Would probably need more detailed information from your config to be more specific as to where (if any) anything is setup wrong, or if one or more of the services themselves are incomplete.

Regards,
Nick

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No, it's really a bug in Mystic on Raspberry Pi. It seen to be server related. At first, i beliaved it was OS fault. But i tested with Ubuntu and Debian Trixie. Same results. So now i use the external "Binkd" server//client to Poll the echomail. A big difficult to configure but seen to work (at last the client). For netmail, i don't know if the BINKP mystic server is working.

(Sorry for my poor English)

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On 17 Nov 2025, Gods69 said the following...

I also change the address to ip:139.99.135.199, same result.
-- SMTP client. No sending of internet emails.

The rest were pretty much answered by someone else. The SMTP client is not like Synchronets where you can send emails in and out of Mystic, it is set up so you can download your email using a front end like Outlook. Like someone else said port 25 is blocked by most carriers, I use 2500 and 1100 for pop3.. Works great for me getting my BBS email on my phone. If it is a new user I can then if I want login in to my config and up their access if they didn't pass through the email check of their email address they gave. Hope that helps a little bit..


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Hi,
I can view the content of LHA archives in the files listing so the extraction is working. So no reason to not extrat the FILE_ID.DIZ for description.

I have to include the Linux 7Zip software to can view .7z archives.

My mystic is well configured in network settings, if not, you can't see me here...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Hey Gods69!

On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:38:30 +0100, you wrote:

I can view the content of LHA archives in the files listing so the extraction is working. So no reason to not extrat the FILE_ID.DIZ for description.

Do you get any kind of error in your logs when trying to extract FILE_ID.DIZ?

Have you tried running the command used in the archive editor in the console (outside the BBS) to see if the command actually works as intended? It's possible the command used is not well tested, as not many people deal with .LHA extensions these days.

Do most LHA archives actually /have/ FILE_ID.DIZ in them?

My mystic is well configured in network settings, if not, you can't see
me here...

What version of Mystic do you have installed? It doesn't look like there was a 64bit prealpha created for the Pi4, so the latest may be A48. If I remember right, the developer lost whatever hardware he had to continue compiling for the Pi4, so he stopped at some point.

That said, if it's confirmed buggy, I'd recommend moving on to something else for now, as the developer hasn't been around in at least 6 months, and may not be back any time soon.

Here is the latest 32bit Pi build (probably recommended for Pi 1-2, odroid, etc), but if you are able to install a 32bit distro on your Pi4 it may work better than the version you're currently using:

https://mysticbbs.com/downloads/prealpha/mys112a49_p32.zip

Regards,
Nick

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Hi,
LHA and ZIP are natif to Mystic. No extras is needed.
I also support Amiga files in my BBS. Most of them are LZX, LHA, with FILE_ID.DIZ inside.
Right now,BINKD seen to work great to poll Echomail and netmail.
And i use MUTIL to import/export to Bases.
Created two events: one to Poll every hour and another to exec MUTIL
every 35 mins (to not collapse together).

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Gods69 BBS (21:3/220)

Hey Gods69!

On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:17:10 +0100, you wrote:

LHA and ZIP are natif to Mystic. No extras is needed.

There were default commands for a number of different archivers incorporated into Mystic's configuration many years ago. Those commands may or may not need to be updated to reflect potential changes in the archivers. They are definitely /not/ native to Mystic.

I also support Amiga files in my BBS. Most of them are LZX, LHA, with FILE_ID.DIZ inside. Right now,BINKD seen to work great to poll Echomail
and netmail. And i use MUTIL to import/export to Bases. Created two
events: one to Poll every hour and another to exec MUTIL every 35 mins
(to not collapse together).

You could accomplish never having to worry about these events running at the same time by running your poll once per hour like you're doing, and mutil only executing when semaphore file(s) exist:

Description: Toss incoming echomail
Event Type: Semaphore
Exec Hour: 0
Exec Min: 0
Shell: /path/to/mutil import.ini
Prefix ./: No
Semapohre: echomail.in|netmail.in
Kill After: echomail.in|netmail.in

Description: Scan outgoing echomail
Event Type: Semaphore
Exec Hour: 0
Exec Min: 0
Shell: /path/to/mutil export.ini|/path/to/mis poll send
Prefix ./: No
Semapohre: echomail.out|netmail.out
Kill After: echomail.out|netmail.out

Once your poll is done, I believe mis automatically creates echomail.in or netmail.in if mail is received. Those can trigger the above first event to run. Just as well, when you post a message, echomail.out or netmail.out is automatically created and would trigger the second event to run, which also includes a poll to your uplink to send your packets/bundles right away (unless you want to send them hourly when your timed poll occurs). The "|" can be used to stack commands and/or separate filenames in Mystic's config.

Regards,
Nick

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Those two events are off. I can't use the semaphore tricks simply because the MIS POLL don't work. It don't connect to the node HUB.
This is why i have to use Binkd for that.

I tested changing "MIS POLL SEND" with Binkd in the command line
but it is never executed. I think linux don't like the"|" to separate
the two commands.

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Hey Gods69!

On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:35:18 +0100, you wrote:

Those two events are off. I can't use the semaphore tricks simply
because the MIS POLL don't work. It don't connect to the node HUB. This
is why i have to use Binkd for that.

Okay. Use whatever works for you then. If I remember right, you came here asking questions about Mystic, and before anyone was able to answer them you had already switched software.

I tested changing "MIS POLL SEND" with Binkd in the command line
but it is never executed. I think linux don't like the"|" to separate
the two commands.

The two commands are separated with "|" in Mystic's configuration, not on the Linux command line. It is a specific feature of Mystic that you can stack commands in the config to do more than one thing. This has nothing to do with Linux, as it can also be done in the Windows version of Mystic.

Please don't think I'm blowing smoke up your ass or anything. I've been a Mystic alpha/beta tester for 20+ years, and while not public, still have a running instance in a separate VM. Every configuration option I've shown you have been directly from my system, running on 64bit Linux - and everything works as expected.

So, if your settings are correct, then it could very well be problem(s) with the Pi version of Mystic. You could try your exact settings on another OS and see if it still doesn't work (if it still doesn't, it's probably misconfigured).

You can confirm any of this by reading 'whatsnew.txt' in the 'docs' directory, or having a look at the Mystic wiki.

Regards,
Nick

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Hi,
My project was to build a BBS on Raspberry PI. I don't go on another hardware. I can test the A49 32bits version. It just a question of swapping SSD drive.

Accession, i am grateful for your help! :-)

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I tested the A49 32bit also on 32bit OS. After a fresh install of Mystic
it don't work.
I got a "required file not found" error.
Only mide and mplc works.
The rest (mis,mutil,mystic and nodespy) don't, i got that error.

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Hey Gods69!

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:22:04 +0100, you wrote:

I tested the A49 32bit also on 32bit OS. After a fresh install of Mystic
it don't work.
I got a "required file not found" error.
Only mide and mplc works.
The rest (mis,mutil,mystic and nodespy) don't, i got that error.

I believe there are still quite a few people running Mystic on a Pi. However, I don't know what version they're running or any other details. At this time, I can't believe this message as there has been plenty of proof of working systems in the past.

However, if Mystic isn't working for you on a Pi, you always have the option to try other BBS softwares.

Regards,
Nick

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However, if Mystic isn't working for you on a Pi, you always have the option to try other BBS softwares.

At first i liked to use Synchronet software but the installation don't
work very well and i ended using Mystic.
Now, my Mystic is tweated a lot, many hrs lost on that.
Difficult to me to restart again from 0.

I see some Mystic BBS on Pi.But, or they don't use echomail messages, or they use a old dated msgs Base.
Is difficult to see if the MIS Polling is working for they on PI.

But, i'm happy, i found a way to get this working for me! :-)

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Re: Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: Gods69 to Accession on Thu Nov 27 2025 03:23 pm

At first i liked to use Synchronet software but the installation don't work very well and i ended using Mystic.

What do you mean by "don't work very well"? I'm sure it wasn't anything that can't be fixed.. There are a lot of sysops who run Synchronet.

Nightfox

Hey Gods69!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

At first i liked to use Synchronet software but the installation don't
work very well and i ended using Mystic.

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Now, my Mystic is tweated a lot, many hrs lost on that.
Difficult to me to restart again from 0.

I see some Mystic BBS on Pi.But, or they don't use echomail messages, or they use a old dated msgs Base. Is difficult to see if the MIS Polling
is working for they on PI.

You could always try to contact them personally and ask them.

But, i'm happy, i found a way to get this working for me! :-)

Yes. Great news that you got it to work. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots
of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

... Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

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Re: Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: Gods69 to Accession on Fri Nov 28 2025 07:04 am

Howdy,

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...


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FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two software.

... Democracy: 3 wolves & a sheep voting on what's for lunch.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:04:56 +0100, you wrote:

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open
lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked
that...

Disabling any/all of the services you don't want open to the public would have fixed that up real quick. By default, I think most of them are enabled. The wiki explains all of this and more.

Either way, you've got a running system now so you don't need to worry about any of this.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:18:00 +0100, you wrote:

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two
software.

No offense, and maybe it's a language barrier, but when you come to a public forum about said software and say that two separate softwares "don't work", even though there's hundreds of working systems around the world using these two softwares, it makes people think that the problem isn't the software.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Gods69!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

At first i liked to use Synchronet software but the installation don't
work very well and i ended using Mystic.

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Now, my Mystic is tweated a lot, many hrs lost on that.
Difficult to me to restart again from 0.

I see some Mystic BBS on Pi.But, or they don't use echomail messages, or they use a old dated msgs Base. Is difficult to see if the MIS Polling
is working for they on PI.

You could always try to contact them personally and ask them.

But, i'm happy, i found a way to get this working for me! :-)

Yes. Great news that you got it to work. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots
of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

... Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Digital Warfare bbs.digital-warfare.net:1337 (21:3/220)

Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:04:56 +0100, you wrote:

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open
lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked
that...

Disabling any/all of the services you don't want open to the public would have fixed that up real quick. By default, I think most of them are enabled. The wiki explains all of this and more.

Either way, you've got a running system now so you don't need to worry about any of this.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Digital Warfare bbs.digital-warfare.net:1337 (21:1/200)

Hey Gods69!

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:18:00 +0100, you wrote:

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two
software.

No offense, and maybe it's a language barrier, but when you come to a public forum about said software and say that two separate softwares "don't work", even though there's hundreds of working systems around the world using these two softwares, it makes people think that the problem isn't the software.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two software.

... Democracy: 3 wolves & a sheep voting on what's for lunch.

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Re: Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: Gods69 to Accession on Fri Nov 28 2025 07:04 am

Howdy,

Synchronet requires prerequisites. If you missed any of those, it won't install. Otherwise, if you follow the wiki for installing on Linux, it compiles just fine on just about anything.

Yes it compiles fine. But when i first executed it, it wanted to open lots of TCP/IP ports, even on closed services. The Pi don't liked that...

FWIW, I'm running synchronet on a CM5 - runs well...


...δεσ∩

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Re: Mystic polling on a pi
By: Accession to Gods69 on Fri Nov 28 2025 08:28 am

At that time i don't go further. I've choice between the two software.

No offense, and maybe it's a language barrier, but when you come to a public forum about said software and say that two separate softwares "don't work", even though there's hundreds of working systems around the world using these two softwares, it makes people think that the problem isn't the software.

Yeah, in such cases it's usually good to try to figure out what's wrong in the setup, ask for help if needed, and try to fix things..

Nightfox