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  • FastEcho Netmail Question

    From Jason Bock@1:267/310 to All on Fri Jul 14 23:02:44 2023
    I have Fastecho working with ProBoard and it can send out netmail fine to the destination. The issue is when I receive it, the mail stays in my netmail folder as a *.MSG file. ProBoard can be configured to read the *.MSG format but I cannot reply to them. I tried importing and even with feutil import and I get:

    Importing NetMail messages into secondary NetMail areas ...

    0 NetMail message(s) imported ...

    Even if I -FORCE it.

    Does anyone have any ideas? I would like to have my incoming netmail go directly into my JAM base.

    Thank you,

    Jason

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    * Origin: ProBoard WHQ - SiliconUnderground - siliconu.com (1:267/310)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/1 to Jason Bock on Sun Jul 16 22:49:36 2023

    14 Jul 23 23:02, Jason Bock wrote to All:

    I have Fastecho working with ProBoard and it can send out netmail fine
    to the destination. The issue is when I receive it, the mail stays in
    my netmail folder as a *.MSG file. ProBoard can be configured to read
    the *.MSG format but I cannot reply to them. I tried importing and
    even with feutil import and I get:

    Importing NetMail messages into secondary NetMail areas ...

    0 NetMail message(s) imported ...

    Even if I -FORCE it.

    Does anyone have any ideas? I would like to have my incoming netmail
    go directly into my JAM base.

    'Feutil2.exe import' works fine here.

    Are you sure your jam netmail area has been set correctly as "netmail"?

    +================================= Edit Area ==============================
    | Name: NETMAIL Group: A
    | Comment: FE Netmail (JAM)
    | Origin: =========================>>>>
    | Type: NetMail
    | Storage: JAM Board:
    | Path: D:\FASTECHO\NETMAIL\NETMAIL


    'Tommi

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  • From Jason Bock@1:267/310 to Tommi Koivula on Sun Jul 16 21:23:23 2023

    14 Jul 23 23:02, Jason Bock wrote to All:

    I have Fastecho working with ProBoard and it can send out netmail
    fine
    to the destination. The issue is when I receive it, the mail stays
    in
    my netmail folder as a *.MSG file. ProBoard can be configured to
    read
    the *.MSG format but I cannot reply to them. I tried importing and even with feutil import and I get:

    Importing NetMail messages into secondary NetMail areas ...

    0 NetMail message(s) imported ...

    Even if I -FORCE it.

    Does anyone have any ideas? I would like to have my incoming netmail go directly into my JAM base.

    'Feutil2.exe import' works fine here.

    Are you sure your jam netmail area has been set correctly as "netmail"?

    +================================= Edit Area ==============================
    | Name: NETMAIL Group: A | Comment: FE Netmail (JAM)
    | Origin: =========================>>>>
    | Type: NetMail
    | Storage: JAM Board:
    | Path: D:\FASTECHO\NETMAIL\NETMAIL


    'Tommi

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    I believe it is correctly setup. See below:

    ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Edit Area ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
    º Name: NETMAIL Group: B º
    º Comment: Fidonet Netmail º
    º Origin: ProBoard WHQ - SiliconUnderground - siliconu.com º
    º Type: NetMail º
    º Storage: JAM Board: º
    º Path: C:\PB\MSGBASE\NETMAIL\NETMAIL º
    º Use AKA: 1:267/310 º
    º º
    º Mandatory: N Keep SEEN-BY: N Tiny SEEN-BY: N CPD: N Passive: N º
    º Convert Umlaut: N Keep users: N Kill read: N Disable Passive: N º
    º Remote changes: Y Hide area: N Keep NetMail: Y º
    º º
    º Purging # Msgs: 0 # Days: 0 # Rcvd Days: 0 º
    º Security Read: 0 Write: 0 º
    º º
    º Seen-by: 1:267/310 º
    º Export to: 1:267/800 º
    º º
    º º
    º º
    º º

    The above formatted a little sloppy, but it is readable. ;)

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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/1 to Jason Bock on Mon Jul 17 08:26:54 2023

    16 Jul 23 21:23, Jason Bock wrote to Tommi Koivula:

    The above formatted a little sloppy, but it is readable. ;)

    Yes. ;)

    Then please check the feutil import exclude options. It may be that your FE is importing only netmail for bbs users.


    FESetup System Data Export Import #############+------------------------+################
    #############| Network addresses |################
    #############| User names |################
    #############| Miscellaneous |################
    #############| Pathnames |################
    #############| Filenames |################
    #############| Parameters |################
    #############| Advanced options |################
    #############|+---- FEUTIL parameters -----+###########
    #############|| PURGE - Messages 0 |###########
    #############|| Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Rcvd Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Use arrival date No |###########
    #############|| Autorenumber at 32767 |###########
    #############|| Exclude Users No |###########
    #############+| Exclude SysOps No |###########
    ##############| Include USERS.BBS No |###########
    ##############| Keep imported NetMail No |up 1.46 ###
    ##############| Kill grunged date Yes |###########
    #### Copyright+----------------------------+urchhardt. ####################################################### #######################################################



    'Tommi

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  • From Jason Bock@1:267/310 to Tommi Koivula on Mon Jul 17 01:51:00 2023

    16 Jul 23 21:23, Jason Bock wrote to Tommi Koivula:

    The above formatted a little sloppy, but it is readable. ;)

    Yes. ;)

    Then please check the feutil import exclude options. It may be that your FE is importing only netmail for bbs users.


    FESetup System Data Export Import #############+------------------------+################
    #############| Network addresses |################
    #############| User names |################
    #############| Miscellaneous |################
    #############| Pathnames |################
    #############| Filenames |################
    #############| Parameters |################
    #############| Advanced options |################
    #############|+---- FEUTIL parameters -----+###########
    #############|| PURGE - Messages 0 |###########
    #############|| Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Rcvd Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Use arrival date No |###########
    #############|| Autorenumber at 32767 |###########
    #############|| Exclude Users No |###########
    #############+| Exclude SysOps No |###########
    ##############| Include USERS.BBS No |###########
    ##############| Keep imported NetMail No |up 1.46 ###
    ##############| Kill grunged date Yes |###########
    #### Copyright+----------------------------+urchhardt. ####################################################### #######################################################



    'Tommi

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    Tommi,

    That is exactly how mine is setup. ;(

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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/6 to Jason Bock on Mon Jul 17 10:06:42 2023
    On 17.07.2023 3:51, Jason Bock wrote:

    #############|| Exclude Users No |###########
    #############+| Exclude SysOps No |###########
    ##############| Include USERS.BBS No |###########
    ##############| Keep imported NetMail No |up 1.46 ###

    That is exactly how mine is setup. ;(

    Then no more ideas from here... :(

    'Tommi

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  • From Andrew Leary@1:320/119 to Jason Bock on Mon Jul 17 12:08:00 2023
    Hello Jason!

    Monday July 17 2023 01:51, Jason Bock wrote to Tommi Koivula:

    #############|+---- FEUTIL parameters -----+###########
    #############|| PURGE - Messages 0 |###########
    #############|| Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Rcvd Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Use arrival date No |###########
    #############|| Autorenumber at 32767 |###########
    #############|| Exclude Users No |###########
    #############+| Exclude SysOps No |###########
    ##############| Include USERS.BBS No |###########
    ##############| Keep imported NetMail No |up 1.46 ###
    ##############| Kill grunged date Yes |###########
    #### Copyright+----------------------------+urchhardt.

    That is exactly how mine is setup. ;(

    FastEcho supports a QuickBBS or RA 2.x USERS.BBS for the netmail import function (when you toggle Include USERS.BBS to Yes.) However, You can use an ASCII text file listing your users (1 user per line) & specify that on the FEUTIL Import command line with the -Incl switch.

    ie:

    FEUTIL Import -Incl users.txt

    For test purposes, I would create a text file with just your name in it, and see if it will import a NetMail addressed to you at the address you specified for your JAM netmail area.

    ie:

    FEUTIL Import -Incl bock.txt

    where bock.txt contains:

    Jason Bock

    Hope this helps,

    Andrew

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  • From Jason Bock@1:267/310 to Andrew Leary on Tue Jul 18 00:58:12 2023
    Hello Jason!

    Monday July 17 2023 01:51, Jason Bock wrote to Tommi Koivula:

    #############|+---- FEUTIL parameters -----+###########
    #############|| PURGE - Messages 0 |###########
    #############|| Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Rcvd Days 0 |###########
    #############|| Use arrival date No |###########
    #############|| Autorenumber at 32767 |###########
    #############|| Exclude Users No |###########
    #############+| Exclude SysOps No |###########
    ##############| Include USERS.BBS No |###########
    ##############| Keep imported NetMail No |up 1.46 ###
    ##############| Kill grunged date Yes |###########
    #### Copyright+----------------------------+urchhardt.

    That is exactly how mine is setup. ;(

    FastEcho supports a QuickBBS or RA 2.x USERS.BBS for the netmail import function (when you toggle Include USERS.BBS to Yes.) However, You can
    use an ASCII text file listing your users (1 user per line) & specify
    that on the FEUTIL Import command line with the -Incl switch.

    ie:

    FEUTIL Import -Incl users.txt

    For test purposes, I would create a text file with just your name in it, and see if it will import a NetMail addressed to you at the address you specified for your JAM netmail area.

    ie:

    FEUTIL Import -Incl bock.txt

    where bock.txt contains:

    Jason Bock

    Hope this helps,

    Andrew

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    I tried that suggestion. It still did not work. :(



    FEUTIL 1.46 FastEcho - Messagebase-Utility
    Copyright (c) 1991-'97 by Software Technik Burchhardt
    Compiled on Apr 01 1997, 15:36:00 All rights reserved

    Serial number: X-XXXXXX
    Registered to: Jason Bock (1:267/310)
    Macedon, NY - U.S.A.

    þ Running under DOS 5.00
    þ SHARE support detected
    þ 80486 CPU detected

    Importing NetMail messages into secondary NetMail areas ...

    0 NetMail message(s) imported ...


    C:\FASTECHO>



    I also tried to "change it up" by changing the area to echomail then it showed 0 areas defined as netmail. So that proves it is "trying". I then changed it back to netmail and still did not work.

    Thank you,

    Jason

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    * Origin: ProBoard WHQ - SiliconUnderground - siliconu.com (1:267/310)