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To   : All
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Sep 23 2012 06:28 pm

  Re: External program problems on vert
  By: Digital Man to All on Tue Aug 21 2012 11:00 pm

 > Most external programs, including doorgames and file transfers (e.g.
 > ZMODEM) aren't currently working on vert.synchro.net and haven't been
 > working since July 23rd (or thereabouts).
 >
 > I'm actively researching the root-cause of the issues (no, it doesn't
 > appear to be a Synchronet problem) and hope to resolve it soon. In the mean
 > time, you can use FTP or Telnet/RLogin/SSH to cvs.synchro.net instead
 > (though, the door games mostly do not work there either since it's my Linux
 > system).
 >
 > I'll post an update when I know more,

This problem has been (finally) fixed. The root-cause was a malware infestation 
I had back in July which I quickly killed but the damage to Windows had been 
done and was not easily reversed. I'll be posting more details here: 
http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:win#socket_io

                                            digital man

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