Subj : IREX & LoraBBS
To   : Bob Jones
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Tue Dec 26 2000 12:22 am

Hi Bob,

 BJ>> I think I see the problem.  Your primary address is in zone 5, 
 BJ>> correct?  

 RT>> No, FamilyNet (8:7905/1).

 BJ> Ah!  Based on this and another message where you said you only setup 
 BJ> IREX for fidonet, I think I now know your problem.

 BJ> All your other software is using a primary address in Zone 8, and so 
 BJ> is using outbound for that zone and outbound.005 for fidonet zone 5.  
 BJ> IREX, if it doesn't have your family net address as it's PRIMARY 
 BJ> address is not considering the outbound directory for zone 8, and 
 BJ> instead is using the primary (first) fidonet address as the primary 
 BJ> address.  Since that is probably in zone 5, IREX is considering the 
 BJ> outbound directory to be zone 5 and not zone 8.  To fix this, you 
 BJ> need to tell IREX your primary address is your Familynet address.  I 
 BJ> think that will solve your problem.

Mmmm, makes sense, let me move over to the OS/2 machine and change to the 
Address menu for IREX, enter ALL my AKA's in the same order as they are setup 
in LoraBBS. Done.

Did not think it necessary to enter my FamilyNet and CCCNet AKA's as I get 
these via POTS, not the Internet.

 RT>> It might be a solution to make my local FidoNet AKA my 
 RT>> Primary, see my reply also to Peter Knapper, will wait 
 RT>> and see what other answers I get in other echoes I have 
 RT>> asked. Someone might just say something that will cause 
 RT>> the penny to drop into it's slot here.

 BJ> That's another option.  You would then end up with an outbound.008 
 BJ> for Familynet, and outbound would become fidonet zone 5.  Then you 
 BJ> wouldn't need to redefine IREX, but you would have to change all your 
 BJ> other software configurations.  If you do this, you will need to move 
 BJ> the stuff in outbound to outbound.008....

Will try this if the above does not work.

Thanks.

 BJ> Merry Christmas and best wishes.

To you and yours, may it have been a pleasant and enjoyable day indeed.

Russell

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