Subj : Testing Netmails
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Sat Jan 16 2021 19:45:37

On 16 Jan 2021, Ward Dossche said the following...
 WD> It is not unusual for Z1-bound or Z1-originating netmails to end up in a
 WD> black hole.
 WD>  
 WD> The reason for that is the old nonsensical routing schemes from the old
 WD> days where the power-people routed netmail away from the nodelist
 WD> topology. 
 WD> Power-lords changed or vanished and with them the non-standard routing
 WD> tracks too, often making netmail undeliverable. In my zone too,
 WD> individuals have been involved in setting up their own routing business
 WD> making netmail sometimes fail.
 WD>  
 WD> In this zone, if someone has out-of-zone netmail and delivers it to my
 WD> system, then it will guaranteed reach the correct destination zone.
 WD>  
 WD> In your zone, make certain it gets delivered to Nick Andre, he doesn't
 WD> lose netmail and will deliver it at the correct zone too.
 WD>  
 WD> Simple. No?

It makes sense, although I'm actually getting my feed through Z2, just to add
interest to the mix.  I have a Boss node there from one of my points that
always has been consistant service for me, so when I got an actual node I
asked if I could get my feed through him.

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