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   FE_HELP      The FastEcho Mailprocessor Support Confe      381 messages   

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   Message 9 of 381   
   Roger Nelson to Mike Luther   
   Help request   
   06 Dec 10 07:18:04   
   
   On Sun Dec-05-2010 21:48, Mike Luther (1:117/3001) wrote to Mark Lewis:   
      
    ML> Aha!   
      
    ml>  MikeL> Does NETMAIL really have to be set up in only its' own   
    ml> GROUP that   
    ml>  MikeL> has only a 'seen by' of the 117/100 HUB here?   
      
    ml> i'm not sure i'm understanding your problem, mike...    
    ml> the default general netmail area (that is managed by    
    ml> FE and a dynamic mailer like FD) doesn't have a group    
    ml> assignment...   
      
    ml> can you explain a bit more, please?   
      
    ML> I think you may have hit the nail on the head.  As I got this whole   
    ML> monstor of 117/100 years ago whne it actually was left on the front   
    ML> porch (!) it had a "Netmail" enbtry in the FE area lists!  That   
    ML> group in which it still 'is' shows that you at 396/345 are shown to   
    ML> 'see' it. Which I now think I understand is how this junk NetMail   
    ML> stuff may be showing up to you on the FTP server connection I poll   
    ML> you from.  Yes,the traffic goes into a 'hold' que as is 'normal'   
    ML> for your traffic outbound.  But you shouldn't show up as 'seen by'   
    ML> for this as an 'echo' area at all as far as I can understand this.   
      
    ML> This defined NETMAIL area is defined in the 'ADMINISTRATIVE' area   
    ML> here,and it is a 'standard' Fido area on 1:117/100 here.  1:117/100   
    ML> does have a default NETMAIL editor for the system and as well the   
    ML> MAX BBS application for it does also define tne NETMAIL area and   
    ML> SQUISH handles it properly for NETMAIL as well as the IE operation.   
    ML> I can read/receive and originate NETMAIL in either tool an things   
    ML> work the same.   
      
    ML> Thus should I simply remove this strange 'NETMAIL' area in the FE   
    ML> area and see what happens?   
      
    ML> Thanks!   
      
   mark should not show up at all in net 396!  He is 1:3634/12.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LA - (1:3828/7)   

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