<s>
Binkp	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
protocol	O
for	O
transferring	O
FidoNet	O
or	O
WWIVNet	O
mail	O
over	O
reliable	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
typically	O
used	O
to	O
deliver	O
mail	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
point-to-point	O
connections	O
between	O
modems	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
,	O
FidoNet	O
traffic	O
was	O
transferred	O
mainly	O
over	O
serial	B-Protocol
(	O
RS-232	O
)	O
modem	B-Application
connections	O
which	O
might	O
not	O
have	O
an	O
error	O
correction	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
dial-up-oriented	O
protocols	O
for	O
transferring	O
FidoNet	O
traffic	O
like	O
or	O
ZMODEM	B-Device
had	O
to	O
implement	O
error-recovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
FidoNet	O
started	O
to	O
use	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
to	O
transfer	O
FidoNet	O
traffic	O
,	O
this	O
error-recovery	O
overhead	O
became	O
unnecessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
major	O
advantage	O
of	O
binkp	B-Protocol
vs	O
EMSI	O
and	O
ZMODEM	B-Device
is	O
achieved	O
over	O
connections	O
with	O
large	O
delays	O
and	O
low	O
bandwidth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IANA	O
(	O
Internet	O
Assigned	O
Numbers	O
Authority	O
)	O
has	O
registered	O
the	O
port	O
number	O
24554	O
for	O
binkp	B-Protocol
when	O
used	O
over	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Dima	O
Maloff	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
draft	O
of	O
the	O
protocol	O
specification	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
mailer	O
,	O
binkd	B-Protocol
,	O
that	O
supported	O
the	O
new	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
mailer	O
began	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
binkp	B-Protocol
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
FTSC	O
assigned	O
the	O
Fidonet	O
Technical	O
Standard	O
(	O
FTS	O
)	O
status	O
to	O
the	O
binkp	B-Protocol
protocol	O
,	O
and	O
split	O
the	O
specification	O
into	O
four	O
separate	O
documents	O
:	O
Binkp/1.0	O
Protocol	O
specification	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
Binkp/1.0	O
optional	O
protocol	O
extension	O
CRAM	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
Binkp	B-Protocol
protocol	O
extension	O
Non-reliable	O
Mode	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Binkp	B-Protocol
optional	O
protocol	O
extension	O
Dataframe	O
Compression	O
(	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
2nd	O
2015	O
,	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
BBS	I-Operating_System
's	O
WWIVnet	O
implemented	O
a	O
binkp	B-Protocol
backbone	O
for	O
its	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
