Subj : Can't send netmail
To   : Digital Man
From : Richard Vonzel
Date : Thu Jun 05 2025 21:24:33

Hello Digital.

27 Oct 70 11:26, you wrote to Rick V:

 DM>   Re: Can't send netmail
 DM>   By: Rick V to All on Thu Jun 05 2025 01:51 pm

 >> I'm trying to send someone a netmail message and keep getting this
 >> error?
 >>
 >> 6/5  01:47:58p  BINKOUT Running native timed event: ?binkit
 >>   6/5  01:47:58p  BINKOUT BinkIT/2.41 invoked with options:
 >>   6/5  01:47:58p  BINKOUT Attempting callout for 1:105/7@fidonet,
 >> file:
 >> C:\sbbs\fido\outbound\00690007.cut
 >>   6/5  01:47:58p  BINKOUT JSBinkP/4 callout to 1:105/7@fidonet
 >> started
 >>   6/5  01:47:58p  BINKOUT Connecting to 1:105/7@fidonet at
 >> f7.n105.z1.fidonet:24554
 >>   6/5  01:47:58p  BINKOUT Connection to f7.n105.z1.fidonet:24554
 >> failed (Error: No such host is known. ).
 >>   6/5  01:47:58p  BINKOUT Timed event: '?binkit' returned 0
 >>
 >> It is a valid netmail address. Anyone have an idea how to fix this?

 DM> f7.n105.z1.fidonet is not a valid host name. You can verify that with
 DM> any DNS lookup tool: $ host f7.n105.z1.fidonet Host f7.n105.z1.fidonet
 DM> not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

 DM> I think you have your zone 1 configured for the wrong DNSSuffix in
 DM> echocfg, that should be 'binkp.net', not 'fidonet':

 That was it..  Changed that and the netmail went right through.

 DM> $ host  f7.n105.z1.binkp.net
 DM> f7.n105.z1.binkp.net is an alias for digdist.synchro.net.
 DM> digdist.synchro.net has address 50.46.162.90
 DM> digdist.synchro.net mail is handled by 0 mail.synchro.net.
 DM> --
 DM>                                             digital man (rob)

Thanks,
Rick

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