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> ignatius3399@gmail.com

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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