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   Bill McGarrity to Digital Man   
   File attachments...   
   22 Mar 17 01:05:00   
   
   -=> Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity on 03-21-17 18:35 <=-   
      
    DM>   Re: File attachments...   
    DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to Digital Man on Sun Mar 19 2017 08:05 pm   
      
    > Hiya DM...   
    >   
    > I'm not sure if this can be done but I tried it sending a netmail from my   
    > system through the HUB (located on the Pi) with a file attach.   
      
    DM> According to FTS-1, you're not supposed to be able to do this:   
      
    DM> 2. Transport Layer Protocol : Routing   
      
    DM>       FidoNet   does  not  necessarily  send  a  message  directly  to   
    DM>  its   
    DM>       destination.   To reduce the number of network connections, mail   
    DM> to  a   
    DM>       subset  of  the  nodelist  may  be  routed  to one  node  for   
    DM> further   
    DM>       distribution  within  that  subset.   In addition, custom   
    DM> routing  is   
    DM>       possible.  Routing of a message is determined in one of three   
    DM> ways.   
      
    DM>       o If there are files attached, then a message must be sent   
    DM> directly to   
    DM>         its destination.   
      
   Ahhh... Didn't know this.  That's why you're the guru... my apologies for even   
   asking.. :/   
      
    > The main   
    > system sends the CUT and the attached file just fine.  The HUB receives both   
    > in the secure inbound folder where sbbsecho tosses it but it seems to ahve a   
    > problem there. This is the message I get   
      
    > ERROR line 470, attachment file not found:   
    > c:\sbbs\data\file/0001.out/test.txt   
      
    > As you can see, sbbsecho is looking for the attached test file in   
    > ../sbbs/data/file and not finding it because it's still in the   
    > ../sbbs/sportnet/secure inbound folder.   
    >   
    > Issue??   
      
    DM> I just commited a change to update the file path in the netmail subject   
    DM> for file attaches when exporting netmail from packets to .msg files.   
    DM> This should fix at least that error, but I'm not sure if you're   
    DM> actually going to be able to "route attachments" as you're attempting.   
    DM> Give it a try.   
      
   I'll give it a try.... let you know tomorrow and thank you..    
      
      
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