Re: Re: Sent to Staging   
     By: Nick Andre to C.G. Learn on Thu Mar 09 2017 02:22 am   
      
    NA> First of all, lets verify that the BinkD mailbox directory exists for the   
    NA> destination. If the mailbox/staging directory does not exist, no mail can    
    NA> be correctly exchanged. Lets shut down both D'Bridge and BinkD.   
      
    NA> ie. if the destination is 1:229/426 and your QUEUE directory is \DB\QUEUE,   
    NA> then in DOS, CD \ your way to your D'Bridge directory and type:   
      
    NA> DBUTIL QNAME 1:229/426   
      
    NA> MD \DB\QUEUE\D-00106D.0BU   
      
    NA> Note the output of DBUTIL QNAME. That makes up the mailbox name, just add   
    NA> the "D-" infront of it. In this case, 1:229/426 equals D-00106D.0BU.    
      
   In the Queue Directory, there is another directory named D-00107N.02l, which   
   has 3 packets in it, named 01601341.pkt, 31127501.pkt, 31146561.pkt.   
        
    NA> While we're at it, lets also make sure nothing is being put on "Hold"   
    NA> status by BinkD. CD \DB\DATA and type:   
      
    NA> DEL /S *.HLD   
    NA> DEL /S *.TRY   
      
    NA> This will delete the control files that tell BinkD to put stuff on hold,   
    NA> and also resets the number of "tries" (attempts) to contact destination   
    NA> systems.    
      
   There were *.TRY files in the \DBRIDGE\DATA\FIDONET, and \DBRIDGE\DATA\WHISPNET   
   directories, which have just been deleted. There is also a 0113005D.FLO file in   
   the \DBRIDGE\DATA\VALHALLA directory which I have not touched.   
      
    NA> Restart both D'Bridge and BinkD. Watch very carefully on the next   
    NA> connection attempt, or force one out by doing a POLL to the remote system.   
      
    NA> If mail is still not being exchanged, then verify in the logs that when   
    NA> the system in question connects with yours, that the "domains" are   
    NA> matching. BinkD uses whats known as "5 dimentional" addressing where the   
    NA> domain portion MUST match with the remote system otherwise no mail will be   
    NA> exchanged. The confusing part is that in 5D addressing, it is not   
    NA> necessarily an actual Internet domain name, but rather moreso a   
    NA> mutually-agreed-upon domain.    
      
    NA> In the BinkD log, if the destination is 1:229/426 and you see something   
    NA> like "1:229/426@fidonet.org busy or N/A" when a connection is established,   
    NA> then uh-oh, the domain is not being correctly matched and no mail will be   
    NA> exchanged in the session.   
      
   Connected fine, session ok *.try file has returned to the DATA\FIDONET folder,   
   and no mail went out.   
      
   + 08:17 [3676] addr: 1:275/100@fidonet   
   + 08:17 [3676] addr: 169:1/107@battlnet (n/a or busy)   
   + 08:17 [3676] addr: 169:1/1@battlnet (n/a or busy)   
   + 08:17 [3676] addr: 77:1/156@scinet (n/a or busy)   
   + 08:17 [3676] addr: 1:275/0@fidonet   
   + 08:17 [3676] addr: 777:777/11@xnet (n/a or busy)   
   + 08:17 [3676] pwd protected session (MD5)   
   + 08:17 [3676] done (to 1:275/100@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/0 (0/0 bytes))   
     08:17 [3676] session closed, quitting...   
      
    NA> In D'Bridge CONFIG-INTERNET, you see that each line in the BINKD SESSIONS   
    NA> screen begins with the Fido address, a space, and the domain name. In the   
    NA> case of Fidonet, this should be set to "fidonet". However, a lot of   
    NA> systems in Fidonet may not necessarily specify "fidonet" as the presented   
    NA> domain in a BinkD session. Very carefully watch your log and if the remote   
    NA> system presents something else, lets say, fidonet.org, then in   
    NA> Config-Internet, you will ARROW DOWN to ADDITIONAL OPTIONS and specify:   
      
    NA> domain fidonet.org alias-for fidonet   
      
    NA> Exit Config-Internet, and restart both D'Bridge and BinkD once again.   
    NA> Force another connection to the remote system, paying attention to the   
    NA> connection log. Note that I strongly recommend NOT specifying "dot"   
    NA> notation in 5D domains in CONFIG-INTERNET. Keep Fidonet as "fidonet". When   
    NA> you start getting into mixing and matching the variations of "fidonet", it   
    NA> becomes a bit difficult to troubleshoot domain-related problems going   
    NA> forward.    
      
   My Hub as it appears in Dbridge:   
   BINKD session information:   
      
   1:275/100 fidonet shenks.synchro.net   
      
   My BINKD Alias, Additional BINKD options:   
      
   domain fidonet.org alias-for fidonet   
   domain fidonet.net alias-for fidonet   
   domain fido alias-for fidonet   
   domain fido.net alias-for fidonet   
      
    NA> If these two suggestions - The mailbox directory and the BinkD domains -   
    NA> if these two do NOT solve the problem, then let me know.   
      
   Still no movement.   
      
   I'm by no means gifted when it comes to mailers, and I wish I understood them   
   more. At the moment, I'm using Dbridge as a standalone mailer, and only using   
   the internal editor to produce the netmails or polls from the drop down menu.   
   My bbs does not have netmail capibilities at this time, and that is why I   
   wanted dbridge, as it has a built in editor for netmail. My mail tosser does   
   not even enter into the question, as I'm only doing netmail at the moment using   
   the built in editor, so I'm assuming dbridge is handeling everything. I do have   
   dbridge set up not to process any incoming packets, so my tosser can put them   
   into the bbs. At the moment, I'm just trying to get the netmail and poling   
   issue fixed before I go live with the rest, as the incoming mail is working   
   fine, and being processed by the tosser. I really wish There was someone in my   
   area that really understood dbridge, so I could get on the phone with them and   
   go step by step through the setup, as I'm sure it's something very simple, but   
   I'm not seeing it..... Thanks again for all of your help.   
      
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