Subj : Re: z1b link
To   : CAROL SHENKENBERGER
From : TODD COCHRANE
Date : Mon Apr 16 2001 12:18 pm

-> I do however tget the routed replies just fine.  It just looks like Marc's 
-> typing them at a door or something on your end.  This is however *cosmetic* 
and
-> has not affected services at all.   It possibly may be a PX thing but
-> again, it's *harmless* but odd looking.

I am curious as to what is happening and why the seenby are different.
It may be the way we have to process netmail... PXW used in a binkd/ftp
scenario has to have Netmal manually packed it is done via a batch file
and a semaphore..

Normally in POTS connections PX uses a single outbound dir and has a
database record of what is on hold or needs to be sent. In our setup
each node has a seperate outbound in order to get the specific nodes
mail in the correct directory we run a utility as per example below.

if exist d:\pxw\work\*.pkt goto cont
pxnet /scan /pack 1:106/1 /path d:\ftpfeed\11061\out /net
pxnet /sent 1:106/1
                   
I have a batch entry for every node that is connected here when PXNET is
run it looks at every netmail waiting to go out. It then matches the
routing rule exports and packs the file and places it in the correct
directory.

That is the only thing we do different than a normal pots system,
Echomail runs automatically and places the packets in the dir we tell it
to go in... All incoming mail via binkd goes into a common inbound dir
all of the systems that connect with FTP have the files moved from there
individual IN dir and are placed in the same dir as the binkd inbound
and then the mail is processed. 

The batch is run almost on a continual basis at least 30 times a hour
depending on traffic levels this insures mail gets processed about as
fast as it hits the system... The Netmail replies are slower then the
echomail processing but it's still pretty quick..

Todd...


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