Subj : Dove-Net problems To : Alonzo From : Digital Man Date : Wed Jul 30 2025 10:53:57 Re: Dove-Net problems By: Alonzo to Digital Man on Wed Jul 30 2025 07:28 am > Re: Dove-Net problems > By: Digital Man to Alonzo on Tue Jul 29 2025 01:17 pm > > > Re: Dove-Net problems > > By: Alonzo to All on Tue Jul 29 2025 12:19 pm > > > > > I don't know if this the place to ask, but I have a > > > Mystic BBS that I am trying to use for Dove-Net > > > messaging. It seems to be working but after trying > > > to exchange e-mail, I get a "unable to open data > > > connection" error message. > > > Is that for the FTP file transfer? If you have the option, maybe try > > passive FTP instead of active/normal FTP (or vice versa) - if that's an > > FTP error (I can't tell). > > No, this was for messages. I think I already have FTP set too passive > but now I am getting an error that says there is no BUNKER3 file. Here > is what I get: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Sending reply packet: BUNKER3.rep > Unable to open data connection > Downloading QWK packet > Packet does not exist on remote: BUNKER3.qwk > Response: 550 File not found: BUNKER3.qwk > Send of REP failed; reseting export pointers > ---------------------------------------------------------- If VERT is your DOVE-Net hub, then those files should be VERT.rep and VERT.qwk, respectively. So it looks like you got something misconfigured. I don't know about the "Unable to open data connection" error, but it sounds like it's FTP-related. -- digital man (rob) Steven Wright quote #25: If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. Norco, CA WX: 80.4øF, 52.0% humidity, 3 mph W wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs --- SBBSecho 3.29-Linux * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) .