Subj : Re: FidoNet node.
To : Janis Kracht
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Tue Nov 07 2017 07:33 am
-=> Janis Kracht wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
JK> Hi Everyone,
JK> *Joseph Larsen wrote:
>> My name is Joseph Larsen. I was wondering if I could apply for my own
>> FidoNet node number. I'm currently using a point off of Nicholas Boel's
>> machine. My own node number would be preferred.
>> Where are you located? Maybe if you send a netmail to the NC of your
>> area, you would get a node number faster.
> He tried that Robert... but he used the NC's address as the To; address
ere.
> Never sent netmail. That's why I told him to go Jnis' route over on
> filegate.net.
JK> Well, I've been working with Joseph for the last few days, and even
JK> called in the troups to help since I don't use HPT and there may be
JK> something I missed in the configs.... Sadly so far no one has been able
JK> to make Joseph's netmail get to me from his temporary node number of
JK> 1:340/9999. When his netmail comes in it's addressed to 1:0/0.. which
JK> then gets routed to my default Z1 site, Bob Seaborn which then gets
JK> routed to 1:340/0, etc. Ouch.
JK> I fixed some problems where he had his netmail area as an echomail
JK> area, and Eric Renfro found a bad path in his setup.. but possibly
JK> there are some weird problem with Joseph's bbs software (Inequity).
JK> He's running BinkD with that and his config for BinkD looks fine... for
JK> some reason though his netmail messages to me are always addressed to
JK> 1:0/0 ... doesn't work <grin>
JK> Outside of a blatant typo (which I doubt) perhaps this could be caused
JK> by a blank filled in some setup file or in an inequity setup file or a
JK> bug in Inequity? just guessing because nothing else makes sense.
JK> Ok all of you trouble shooters are invited to help :) :)
JK> His email:
JK>
[email protected]
I would bet he's having the same issue I was having with MakeNL. Could it be
there needs to be added an INTL kludge? I am not familiar with Inequity but
I'll forward this to Agoranet as I think someone there uses this software.
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