Subj : Havens BBS
To   : Rampage
From : MRO
Date : Thu Apr 02 2020 20:50:18

  Re: Havens BBS
  By: Rampage to Baguette on Thu Apr 02 2020 05:43 am

 >   Re: Havens BBS
 >   By: Baguette to HusTler on Thu Apr 02 2020 00:43:45


 >  HusTler>> Please send me email if you're still having trouble. I'm sure it 
 > be e

 >  HusTler>> hustler@havens.synchro.net

 >  Baguteer> Riiiiight. Email you /where/?

 > that depends on the definition of "where"... if you're talking about the
 > destination system, his email address is in all of his messages as seen
 > above... if you're talking about some location in some software, we need to
 > know which software you're trying to use to send said email...

 >  Baguette> I've tried every address I can think of,

 > why would you try using any address other than the one above?

 >  Baguette> and I always get a message from the mail system saying I can't.

 > this goes back to which software you're using... if you're writting the mess
 > in thunderbird, for instance, the (bounce?) message you get back should tell
 > you/us exactly why the message cannot be delivered... if you're entering the
 > address in the wrong format on some BBS software that expects a certain form
 > in a certain menu option, we can also help with that...

 > for example, some software expects the name in one field and the destination
 > domain/address in another field... other software expects it all in one fiel
 > but you have to use the correct menu option... it really depends on the
 > software you are interfacing with...

 > on my old remoteaccess FTN system, you had to put the name@domain in one fie
 > and a FNT gateway address in another... if the name@domain wouldn't fit in t
 > field because it was too long, you had to put "UUCP" in the field, the gatew
 > address in another field and then the very first line of the message had to 
 > a proper "To: user@domain" line followed by a blank line and then the messag
 > body...

 > software has come a long way, though, and some wants the same basic format a
 > "user@address" where 'address' is a QWK system name, a FTN address, or an
 > internet domain but you have to be using the right menu option...




hey, good job on  making something simple 100x more complicated.

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