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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..                      --              Bill              Telnet: tequilamockingbirdonline.net       Web: bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:81       FTP: ftp.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:2121       IRC: irc.tequilamockingbirdonline.net Ports: 6661-6670 SSL: +6697       Radio: radio.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:8010/live                     ... Look Twice... Save a Life!!! Motorcycles are Everywhere!!!       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50        * Origin: TequilaMockingbird Online - Toms River, NJ (1:266/404)    |
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