Subj : Netmail
To   : deon
From : Accession
Date : Sun Jan 25 2026 05:34 pm

Hey deon!

On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:24:54 +1100, you wrote:

 > Both? So when this text started, the request was to send a netmail to
 > 21:3/262, (when the node is listed as 21:3/226).

 > Had you not picked that up, the converstation would have gone:

You must have missed this part of the conversation:

 > * sender: I sent you a netmail
 > * receipient: I didnt get your netmail

* sender: Oh, I realized I used the wrong node number, here is a new reply using the correct one.
* recipient: Received!

 > * conclusion: The network is broken somewhere

I don't think this conversation ever got to this "conclusion." Right before realizing the wrong node number was used I said there was a possibility something was broken somewhere. That didn't mean anything /is/ "broken". We (very) soon realized that was not the case, which is about the time you jumped into the conversation to try to tell me I was wrong about nodelists not being needed to route netmail, and then went on about RNTrack, which wasn't even part of the conversation to begin with.

 > Instead, had you sent the netmail to 21:3/262 - which clrghouz is
 > authoritive over, it would have bounced the netmail (or rather discarded
 > it) - and sent you a netmail back saying there is no host to collect it.
 > [Well it should do that, and if it isnt anymore, I will fix that.]

Let's go with: (1) The first two netmails I sent were addressed wrong, and they didn't work. I don't know where they ended up after they left here and went to Avon. If they never made it to you, re-read (1). I never got anything from clrghouz, if that matters any (it really doesn't, to me).

 > We know that sending addresses to Paul's /999 addresses works without an
 > issue, nodes have been doing that for years.

We figured that out, already. Thanks for the clarification, though!

 > Assuming that all gets routed, and since ...

Welp, it did indeed work (both ways), which we mentioned in the next few messages in the same conversation/thread.

For the record, you jumped into the discussion to tell me "This is mostly true, but..." and then started talking about RNTrack (which was never brought up in the first place), when I simply stated a nodelist is /not/ needed for routing netmail. My statement still stands, with no ifs, ands, or buts about it. I haven't used a nodelist in.. ever.

Honestly, I was just helping someone out. I've been doing this stuff for quite some time, and don't need a rundown on how things work (or how you think it should work). EOT.

Regards,
Nick

.... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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