Subj : Host-routing to points?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jun 13 2021 19:44:09

  Re: Host-routing to points?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Jun 13 2021 11:32 am

 > DM,
 >
 > I brought this up a while ago, and I'm seeing behavior I don't understand.
 >
 > I have a rule in echocfg that says to route mail for 2:ALL with CRASH
 > flavor.
 >
 > [node:2:ALL@fidonet]
 > Name =
 > Comment = Fidonet Zone 2
 > Archive = ZIP
 > PacketType = 2+
 > PacketPwd =
 > AreaFix = false
 > AreaFixPwd =
 > SessionPwd =
 > TicFilePwd =
 > Inbox =
 > Outbox =
 > Passive = false
 > Direct = false
 > Notify = false
 > Keys =
 > Status = Crash
 > GroupHub =
 > BinkpHost =
 > BinkpPort = 24554
 > BinkpPoll = false
 > BinkpPlainAuthOnly = false
 > BinkpAllowPlainAuth = true
 > BinkpAllowPlainText = true
 > BinkpTLS = false
 > BinkpSourceAddress =

You have no "Route" set, so this linked-node isn't going to achieve what you're stating.

 > But, when I look at my log, I see entries where, instead of host-routing
 > mail destined for points, it's doing a nodelist lookup and failing.
 >
 >   6/13  10:46:03a  BINKOUT Attempting callout for 2:240/8005.323@fidonet,
 > file: C:\sbbs\binkit\outbox.002\00f01f45.pnt\00000143.cut
 >   6/13  10:46:03a  BINKOUT JSBinkP/4 callout to 2:240/8005.323@fidonet
 > started
 >   6/13  10:46:07a  BINKOUT Connecting to 2:240/8005.323@fidonet at
 > p323.f8005.n240.z2.binkp.net:24554
 >   6/13  10:46:07a  BINKOUT Connection to p323.f8005.n240.z2.binkp.net:24554
 > failed (Error: No such host is known. ).
 >
 > Is there a way that I'm missing to get sbbsecho to host-route all point mail
 > to their boss nodes?

If you want to observe SBBSecho routing, watch the sbbsecho.log.

No special configuration is needed for "route ... to boss nodes".
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