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  • Strange problem with sending netmail

    From Michael Pierce@1:340/201 to All on Tue Nov 3 12:04:56 2020

    Hello everybody!

    first a quick rundown on setup
    hpt/binkd/golded
    sending netmail to/from fight-o-net works as expected but when sending /receiving from fsxnet (zone 21) the via lines still show as coming from fidonet zone 1.. what can I do to fix ??


    Thanks,
    Michael


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Michael Pierce on Tue Nov 3 14:01:12 2020
    Hello Michael,

    first a quick rundown on setup
    hpt/binkd/golded

    It is hpt that is writing those via lines.

    sending netmail to/from fight-o-net works as expected but when sending /receiving from fsxnet (zone 21) the via lines still show as coming
    from fidonet zone 1.. what can I do to fix ??

    A short time ago I asked someone to send me a test netmail in Z21. That message was written on Mystic, passed via two hpt nodes and arrived at it's destination via 3 Z21 nodes and all the via lines are from Z21 although all those nodes are fidonet nodes as well.

    There must be something different in our configs although I'm not sure what that is. If any of those nodes don't have a Z21 AKA they might get a fidonet AKA in the via lines.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202.1 to Alan Ianson on Wed Nov 4 14:21:40 2020
    Greetings Alan!

    Wednesday November 04 2020 13:14, you wrote to me about an urgent matter!:

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    Re: Strange problem with sending netmail
    By: Rick Smith to Alan Ianson on Tue Nov 03 2020 04:24 pm

    There must be something different in our configs although I'm
    not sure what that is. If any of those nodes don't have a Z21
    AKA they might get a fidonet AKA in the via lines.

    One thing I see that is different between our configs is that your
    netmail bases are JAM and mine are *.MSG. I don't know if that makes a difference, it shouldn't but that is something different.

    Ok so to make it a little crazier, we made the route file more like yours and it seemed to fix it.. When the other sysop sent me a netmail it worked, correct via line. When I sent one, it was wrong via line, the only different between our setups was he was using golded and I was using mystic editor. SO I installed golded on my bbs machine and it sends correct via line via golded as editor... This does not make sense right? Netsurge had thought our route file was off and he was correct fixing it at least got it working, but now the question is how can mystic editor possibly be affecting the via line of mail that hpt packs?

    I would be annoyed if it I was not happy to have something to do....

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    Rick Smith (Nitro)

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  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202.1 to Alan Ianson on Wed Nov 4 14:35:20 2020
    Greetings Alan!

    Answering a msg of <Wednesday November 04 2020>, from you to me, about Strange problem with sending netmail:

    Think I fixed it, appears to be behaving as you would expect.


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    Rick Smith (Nitro)

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