Re: Re: Automatic Network selection for netmail
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Mon Oct 10 2022 09:39 pm
> -=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-
>
> DM> Re: Re: Automatic Network selection for netmail
> DM> By: Gamgee to dragon on Mon Oct 10 2022 08:11 am
>
> > > Well that explains why. Synchronet doesn't know that zone 1 and zone
> > > 2 are part of the same "network".
>
> > dr> Is there a way to let Synchronet know that zones 1 through 4 are
> > dr> all in Fidonet?
>
> > Certainly. From my /sbbs/ctrl/sbbsecho.ini :
>
> > [domain:fidonet]
> > Zones = 1,2,3,4
> > DNSSuffix = binkp.net
> > NodeList = /sbbs/fido/nodelist/NODELIST.217
>
> > (that last line may vary according to your preferences)
>
> > You should have a "domain" declaration section for each network that
> > your system is connected to.
>
> DM> Synchronet (e.g. sbbs) doesn't read/use the sbbsecho.ini file, so
> DM> it doesn't know anything about FTN domains.
>
> But.... we're talking about netmail... Isn't netmail sent with
> sbbsecho?
Normally, yes, but that's not strictly required. SBBSecho is the officially supp
orted FTN tosser/scanner, but it hasn't always been the *only* one.
> When I write a netmail to someone in Zone 2, the choice of originating
> FTN address defaults to my Zone 1 address. Same if I write to Zone 3 or
> 4. If I write to Zone 21, it "knows" to default to my Zone 21 address
> as originator.
>
> <PUZZLED>
What are you puzzled about?
--
digital man (rob)
Sling Blade quote #19:
Doyle: I can't so much as drink a damn glass of water around a midget
Norco, CA WX: 65.0°F, 88.0% humidity, 3 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
---
■ Synchronet ■ Vertrauen ■ Home of Synchronet ■ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
|
