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     Re: Re: Foreign Address question   
     By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Thu Jan 29 2026 07:40 pm   
      
    > -=> Digital Man wrote to RickV <=-   
    >   
    >  > When I send any fidonet mail, I get this "Foreign address" entry in my   
    >  > sbbsecho.log. I know it must be a setting of mine, but I can't figure it   
    >  > out, can some one point me in the right direction?   
    >   
    >  > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/4.msg RickV (618:200/12) To:   
    >  > areafix (618:200/1) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address   
    >  > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/7.msg RickV (21:1/206) To: sysop   
    >  > (21:1/100) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address   
    >  > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/8.msg RickV (46:10/115) To: sysop   
    >  > (46:1/156) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address   
    >  > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/9.msg RickV (46:10/115) To: sysop   
    >  > (46:1/156) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address   
    >   
    >  DM> Looks normal, except "SENT" netmail is normally (by default) deleted by   
    >  DM> SBBSecho. Sounds like you might have echocfg->NetMail->Delete Processed   
    >  DM> NetMail set to "No".   
    >   
    > DM, but what about the "Foreign address" part?  What does that actually   
    > mean?   
      
   It means it's addressed to a foreign node (not you).   
      
    > I am seeing this too and don't recall it in the past.  I pay pretty   
    > close attention to FTN logs.   
      
   It's not a new message. It's not an error message either. It just means you're   
   not deleting your sent netmail.    
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