Subj : Re: Crashmail woes
To   : mark lewis
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Fri Sep 22 2017 09:09:13

 ml>  On 2017 Sep 17 16:16:36, you wrote to me:

 JM>>>> But it is never sent by Binkd.

 ml>>> assuming that crashmail does netmail in the traditional BSO way using
 ml>>> ?UT files, where did crashmail put the ?UT file? which of your BSO
 ml>>> outbound directories and what name did it use??

 JM>> Here's the thing: Crashmail can only use one (1) directory for it's
 JM>> outbound mail. Which is fine.

 ml> you keep saying that but... are you saying that it uses a standard
 ml> BSO format for its outbound directory structure?

 ml> if it does use a standard BSO directory structure, your amiganet mail
 ml> would be in a directory with an extension...

 ml> eg: if you define "/mailer/outbound" as your outbound directory and
 ml> assuming Z2 is your main FTN zone, the directory structure would look
 ml> something like this...

 ml> /mailer/outbound/         <- mail for Z2 goes here
 ml> /mailer/outbound.001/     <- mail for Z1 goes here
 ml> /mailer/outbound.003/     <- mail for Z3 goes here
 ml> /mailer/outbound.004/     <- mail for Z4 goes here
 ml> /mailer/outbound.027/     <- mail for Z39 goes here

 ml> the numbers are the zone in hex (base16) format... everything for
 ml> your Z39 traffic would go in the above last directory... this is also
 ml> assuming that crashmail only does FTN 3D or 4D addressing...

Crashmail on the Amiga could handle several NETMAIL areas without any problems. 
Crashmail II on Linux can not as far as I've been able to test it.  Then 
there's the issue with my BBS software being designed for using one directory 
for all netmail to all networks.  

Oh well, it's a hobby 'innit?


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