GP> I'm trying to get Virtual Advanced BBS (VADV BBS) working with   
    GP> Internet Rex. As far as I can tell, I have it set up well enough   
    GP> that it's exporting echo and netmail to a directory in the   
    GP> outbound.  But for some reason Internet Rex is not picking it up.   
      
   what type of files is VADV sending out? are they arcmail attach or BSO style?   
   if they are arcmail attach, then irex likely needs a netmail area to scan so   
   it can build the outbound traffic...   
      
    GP> Are there any settings I should change in Internet Rex switching   
    GP> from Synchronet to Virtual Advanced?  Am I neglecting something in   
    GP> Virtual Advanced?    
      
   what mailer type is VADV set to talk to? both the mailer and the tosser must   
   speak the same language or the movement of mail will not work...   
      
      
   NOTE: netmail is a term for a type of private mail used in fidonet. there is   
   some confusion, at time, about the definition of "netmail area", though...   
   yes, in the most general terms, a netmail area is an area which holds netmail   
   but there are several types of netmail areas...   
      
   arcmail attach mailers have their own dedicated netmail area. this area is the   
   one that the tosser uses to place the arcmail attach messages in. this area is   
   the main netmail area, too... many sysops read their netmail in this area   
   unless they import/export their netmail to/from this area to their bbs'   
   netmail area. most arcmail attach mailers are also known as dynamic mailers   
   because they scan the netmail area and create the outbound netmail PKTs for   
   sending to other systems...   
      
   BSO (binkley style outbound) mailers use ?LO files to tell the mail what files   
   to send to what systems... those files files must be packaged by the tosser or   
   a netmail manager... echomail is packed into bundles... netmail is packed into   
   PKTs... sometimes, netmail is also further packed into a bundle which may also   
   have other PKTs containing echomail... i'm not aware of any system that   
   creates PKTs with both echomail and netmail in them...   
      
   the only real defining differences between netmail and echomail are   
      
     echomail has an AREA: control line   
     echomail has an ORIGIN line   
     echomail has SEENBY control lines   
     echomail has PATH control lines   
      
     netmail has VIA control lines   
     netmail has none of the above mentioned control lines   
      
   everything else is the same other than the addressing... echomail PKTs are   
   addressed TO the systems that are connected to the echomail area(s) contained   
   within the PKT... addresses in the TO/FROM fields of the individual echomail   
   messages are not used... netmail, on the other hand, does use the addresses in   
   the PKT (first) and the TO/FROM fields...   
      
   the PKT's destination address is used to determine if the PKT is supposed to   
   be processed by the local system... if not, then the PKT is marked (renamed)   
   and not processed... if the PKT is a netmail PKT, then the addresses in the   
   TO/FROM field are additionally used to determine if the message needs to be   
   packed into another PKT destined to another system up/down the line... this is   
   routed netmail... if the PKT is echomail, then the messages are tossed into   
   the local message bases...   
      
   does this help?   
      
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