Hi all,
Does anyone have contact info (email/phone) for Hector Santos, of Wildcat/Santronics fame?
He's contacting me via Netmail from an invalid/unauthorized Fido
address, so I can't reply to the netmail. Have scoured the internet
the best I can but find no way to contact him. His website sucks and
is full of dead ends.
Please provide some info if you have it. Thanks.
... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
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Hi all,
Does anyone have contact info (email/phone) for Hector Santos, of Wildcat/Santronics fame?
He's contacting me via Netmail from an invalid/unauthorized Fido
address, so I can't reply to the netmail. Have scoured the internet the best I can but find no way to contact him. His website sucks and is
full of dead ends.
Please provide some info if you have it. Thanks.
IB Joe wrote to Dan Clough <=-
Hi all,
Does anyone have contact info (email/phone) for Hector Santos, of Wildcat/Santronics fame?
He's contacting me via Netmail from an invalid/unauthorized Fido
address, so I can't reply to the netmail. Have scoured the internet the best I can but find no way to contact him. His website sucks and is
full of dead ends.
Please provide some info if you have it. Thanks.
All his contact info is at Santronoics.com
Nigel Reed wrote to Dan Clough <=-
Does anyone have contact info (email/phone) for Hector Santos, of Wildcat/Santronics fame?
He's contacting me via Netmail from an invalid/unauthorized Fido
address, so I can't reply to the netmail. Have scoured the internet
the best I can but find no way to contact him. His website sucks and
is full of dead ends.
Please provide some info if you have it. Thanks.
Well that took a huge 2 seconds
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hector-santos-8495a66
[email protected] (https://web.synchro.net/?page=001-forum.ssjs&sub=dbridge&thread=16942)
Or you could send him a good ol' snail mail
815 N. Homestead Blvd., Suite 509
HOMESTEAD, FL 33030
or give the corporate number and see if you can get past his gate
keeper.
(305) 248-3204
Regards
LMGTFY.
Yeah. I don't have a LinkedIn account, and don't want one.
Seems like it would work, doesn't it? But it doesn't. You have to be a paying customer to get past the email filter.
Or you could send him a good ol' snail mailNot too likely.
(305) 248-3204Done that, left voicemails, no return call.
Thanks for the snark, though.
Does anyone have contact info (email/phone) for Hector Santos, of Wildcat/Santronics fame?
He's contacting me via Netmail from an invalid/unauthorized Fido
address, so I can't reply to the netmail.
Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Dan Clough <=-
Does anyone have contact info (email/phone) for Hector Santos, of Wildcat/Santronics fame?
He's contacting me via Netmail from an invalid/unauthorized Fido
address, so I can't reply to the netmail.
Maybe...
Was it a crashmail or a routed netmail? If routed you can check the VIA lines to see who his fido uplink is, and check with the uplink what is possible. If crash, you can check your mailers log for the IP number
the connection came from, check if there's a mailer on that IP address, and with a little tinckering in your configs, you can send a crashmail
in return.
I checked here: https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/?address=1%3A135%2F382
The last host name for Hector was fido.winserver.com
That one doesn't resolve anymore. But winserver.com does, and there is
an active mailer on that address:
# telnet winserver.com binkp | strings
Trying 3.137.120.140...
Connected to winserver.com.
SYS Santronics Online
ZYZ Hector Santos
LOC Homestead, FL
VER PxOnline/10.0b44 binkp/1.1
99:1/1@xnet
1:135/381@fidonet
Since you are the current host for 1:135/0, it probably wasn't a routed netmail? ;-)
Was it a crashmail or a routed netmail? If routed you can check the
VIA lines to see who his fido uplink is, and check with the uplink
what is possible. If crash, you can check your mailers log for the
IP number the connection came from, check if there's a mailer on
that IP address, and with a little tinckering in your configs, you
can send a crashmail in return.
It was crashmail. He doesn't have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that's fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config to make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below... but that isn't normal and I'm not likely to do that.
I checked here:
https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/?address=1%3A135%2F382
The last host name for Hector was fido.winserver.com
That one doesn't resolve anymore. But winserver.com does, and there is
an active mailer on that address:
# telnet winserver.com binkp | strings
Trying 3.137.120.140...
Connected to winserver.com.
SYS Santronics Online
ZYZ Hector Santos
LOC Homestead, FL
VER PxOnline/10.0b44 binkp/1.1
99:1/1@xnet
1:135/381@fidonet
Since you are the current host for 1:135/0, it probably wasn't a routed
netmail? ;-)
It was not. I have had someone else offer to forward my email address
to him so he could reply to me that way, so we'll see if he does that.
Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Dan Clough <=-
Was it a crashmail or a routed netmail? If routed you can check the
VIA lines to see who his fido uplink is, and check with the uplink
what is possible. If crash, you can check your mailers log for the
IP number the connection came from, check if there's a mailer on
that IP address, and with a little tinckering in your configs, you
can send a crashmail in return.
It was crashmail. He doesn't have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that's fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config to make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below... but that isn't normal and I'm not likely to do that.
Normal would be, him using 1:135/999, and you put your reply on hold
for him to pick up.
But if you really want to reach him, the effort is very little...
It was crashmail. He doesn't have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that's
fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config to
make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below... but
that isn't normal and I'm not likely to do that.
Normal would be, him using 1:135/999, and you put your reply on hold
for him to pick up.
But if you really want to reach him, the effort is very little...
Yes, I did do what you suggested and made a fake node config for that
node number, and we have successfully exchanged netmails. Thanks.
Hi Dan,
On 2026-06-04 21:11:28, you wrote to me:
It was crashmail. He doesn't have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that's
fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config
to
make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below...
but
that isn't normal and I'm not likely to do that.
Normal would be, him using 1:135/999, and you put your reply on hold
for him to pick up.
But if you really want to reach him, the effort is very little...
Yes, I did do what you suggested and made a fake node config for that
node number, and we have successfully exchanged netmails. Thanks.
Ok, great. So we can expect a new node in the net 135 segment of
nodelist soon? ;-)
Bye, Wilfred.
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Normal would be, him using 1:135/999, and you put your reply on
hold for him to pick up.
Like you I am used to new nodes using /999 but Policy 4 mentions
/9999, do you know why the diffence?
Or you could send him a good ol' snail mailNot too likely.
Don't blame you, the stamp is more expensive than the envelope these
days.
1:135/381@fidonet
It was crashmail. He doesn't have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that's
fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config to make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below... but that isn't normal and I'm not likely to do that.
Like you I am used to new nodes using /999 but Policy 4 mentions /9999,
do you know why the diffence?
1:135/381@fidonet
Interesting.
Thatone belonged to a 'Burt Gibbs' from Miami and was dropped from the nodelist Jan.12th 2001 .... 25 years ago...
Like you I am used to new nodes using /999 but Policy 4 mentions /9999, do you know why the diffence?
Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Dan Clough <=-
It was crashmail. He doesn't have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that's
fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config to
make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below... but
that isn't normal and I'm not likely to do that.
Normal would be, him using 1:135/999, and you put your reply on hold
for him to pick up.
But if you really want to reach him, the effort is very little...
Yes, I did do what you suggested and made a fake node config for that
node number, and we have successfully exchanged netmails. Thanks.
Ok, great. So we can expect a new node in the net 135 segment of
nodelist soon? ;-)
Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-
It was crashmail. He doesn't have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that's fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config to make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below... but that isn't normal and I'm not likely to do that.
Sometimes it's a job.
A few weeks ago I jumped through some remarkable hoops to add a single node in R40 Israel.
Yup, and none of it works.
Yes, I did do what you suggested and made a fake node config for that
node number, and we have successfully exchanged netmails. Thanks.
Ok, great. So we can expect a new node in the net 135 segment of
nodelist soon? ;-)
Yes. Two, actually. :-)
IB Joe wrote to Dan Clough <=-
Yup, and none of it works.
[email protected]
That's hie wife's email
Santronics Software, Inc.
815 N Homestead Blvd. Suite 509
Homestead, FL 33030
Orders/Sales: 305-248-3204
I called and tested the number it works...
[email protected]
That's hie wife's email
Yes, all is well now, we've established communications, thanks.
That's hie wife's email
"Sales"? That's a weird name for a lady ...
[email protected]
That's hie wife's email
"Sales"? That's a weird name for a lady ...
"Sales"? That's a weird name for a lady ...
It's 2026... Theat could be Hector in a dress!!!
Oh dear God....
Atreyu
Don't blame you, the stamp is more expensive than the envelope these days.In some places it doesn't even work anymore ... e.g. Denmark ... snailmail has been discontinued there a while ago.
That's hie wife's email
"Sales"? That's a weird name for a lady ...
It's 2026... Theat could be Hector in a dress!!!
Interesting...gone of the days of birthday checks (cheques) then :)
Ward Dossche wrote to Nigel Reed <=-
Cheques as a mode of payment ... I haven't used then since the late 80-ies.
I've seen quite weird things in Walmart. The closer to the eastcoast,
the more entertaining.
Cheques as a mode of payment ... I haven't used then since the late KW>WD> 80-ies.
Walgreens is a drug store chain in the US. Senior citizens rely heavily
on pharmacies and are some of the last holdouts writing checks.
Besides, I "am" a senior citizen and haven't used a cheque since the late 80-ies. The only exception being the Boy Scouts of America refunding me my expenses via a cheque ... and then getting it cashed ... Oh dear, they even fingerprinted me ... hilarious.
Yes, I did do what you suggested and made a fake node config for
that node number, and we have successfully exchanged netmails.
Thanks.
Ok, great. So we can expect a new node in the net 135 segment of
nodelist soon? ;-)
Yes. Two, actually. :-)
We'll stay tuned. ;-)
We'll stay tuned. ;-)
Looks good! ;-)
We'll stay tuned. ;-)
[...]
Looks good! ;-)
what happens when you send a file of some kind? sending a packet for this test
would work... looking to see if you get "connection closed by foreign host"
and binkd restoring an empty poll... maybe try sending a couple of packets,
too...
what happens when you send a file of some kind? sending a packet for
this test would work... looking to see if you get "connection closed by foreign host" and binkd restoring an empty poll... maybe try sending a
what happens when you send a file of some kind? sending a packet for
this test would work... looking to see if you get "connection closed
by foreign host" and binkd restoring an empty poll... maybe try
sending a couple of packets, too...
Indeed, when sending a .pkt file (with a crash mail):
- 08 Jun 16:26:53 [31002] VER PxOnline/10.0b47 binkp/1.1
what happens when you send a file of some kind? sending a packet for
this test would work... looking to see if you get "connection closed
by foreign host" and binkd restoring an empty poll... maybe try
sending a couple of packets, too...
Indeed, when sending a .pkt file (with a crash mail):
thank you for confirming... can you also say which mailer version you used for
this test, please?
- 08 Jun 16:26:53 [31002] VER PxOnline/10.0b47 binkp/1.1
- 17:41 [4088] VER PxOnline/10.0b48 binkp/1.1
There was an update. ;)
Btw: On your connect I see:
- 17:41 [4088] VER PxOnline/10.0b48 binkp/1.1
- 17:41 [4088] OPT CRAM-MD5-910865039bbeb0671ec15d76a5070904
+ 17:41 [4088] Remote requests MD mode
I don't get that OPT CRAM... line?
Which mailer do you use? On which OS? And if binkd, do you have special options for this node or default configured?
It seems that I'm using my own binkd version with these patches in
this Win64 point of mine.
https://fido.g0x.ru/gpl/fido/ftnsoft/mailer/binkd/patches/
what happens when you send a file of some kind? sending a packet for
this test would work... looking to see if you get "connection closed
by foreign host" and binkd restoring an empty poll... maybe try
sending a couple of packets, too...
Indeed, when sending a .pkt file (with a crash mail):
thank you for confirming... can you also say which mailer version you
used for this test, please?
# ./binkd -v
Binkd 1.1a-115 (Mar 26 2025 18:30:42/Linux)
# ./binkd -v
Binkd 1.1a-115 (Mar 26 2025 18:30:42/Linux)
thanks... looks like i'm running the slightly older, self-compiled, 1.1a-113
version...
having others able and willing to test sending to PXW systems running
the new code is helpful... i have a link with one but having more
tests with other systems is always helpful... unfortunately i don't
have the time, at present, to do too much other than what i already
have configured and in operation... as long as the traffic is not
lost, i'm "ok" with it...
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