Subj : Synchronet & Netmail
To   : Michael Borthwick
From : Al
Date : Mon Apr 03 2023 23:14:32

> Just playing around with synchronet on a VM and i'm a little confused when it
> comes to netmail setup..

> I have just set myself up as a 21:3/999 trying to send a netmail to my mystic
> bbs by sending to toofargone@21:3/179 but looking in the logs it's trying to
> connect to f179.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz:24554.

That will work assuming that the dns setup at fsxnet.nz is setup to to send that traffic to your hostname. I think it is meant to but might need an update.

> I assume in synchronet netmail uses a different setup than echomail since
> it's not trying to connect to the node i've set up for my hub.

There are two ways to do this..

 1) Add the fsxnet (and other useful nodelists) nodelist to your sbbsecho.ini
so BinkIT will use that info to connect with other nodes.

 2) Add 21:3/179 as a linked node including any passwords (if needed) and host
name so the mailer will know where/how to connect.

> Can someone steer me in the right direction to get netmail for 21:ALL to
> connect to the binkp hostname for my hub?

I think one of the above steps will do the trick.

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