Re: email <-> netmail gate
  By: mark lewis to Digital Man on Mon Jul 29 2019 07:05 pm

 >   Re: email <-> netmail gate
 >   By: Digital Man to Rampage on Mon Jul 29 2019 15:42:33
 >
 >  >  >  > No, only the f<node>.n<net>.z<zone>.fidonet convention.
 >
 >  >  > and sbbs determines the proper FTN doman at some point or is "fidonet"
 > always used even with other FTNs?
 >
 >  > It's just ".fidonet". The zone is present, I'm not sure why you would
 >  > need
 > or  want multiple fake TLDs.
 >
 >
 > ummm... vkradio.net is not a fake TLD...

".fidonet" *is* a fake TLD.

 > some.user@f<node>.n<net>.z432.vkradio.net is valid...

Cool. That really has nothing to do with the current FTN over SMTP feature of
the Synchronet mail server though.

 > then, if zone 432
 > happens to be used by another FTN, the domain would certainly come into play
 > to keep the netmail in the proper network...

I thought it was well known the duplicate zones would really be a problem for
anyone carrying both nets. 5D addressing never really caught on.

 >  >  >  >> The wiki isn't really clear as to whether it does it for it's own
 > akas or will route the message to other nodes.
 >
 >  >  >  > It'll route if SBBSecho is configured to route outbound netmail.
 >
 >  >  > can you clarify this? i sent a netmail addressed to my gmail account
 >  >  > from
 > my point system... sbbsecho says "unrecognized user" and the msg just sits
 > in netmail... i don't see anything in echocfg that would indicate that
 >  >  > sbbsecho will take netmail addressed to an internet domain and flip it
 > out the SMTP to the smarthost or destination domain...
 >
 >  > It's the other way around. Mail received via SMTP can be addressed to
 > sysop@f<node>.n<net>.z<zone>.fidonet and the mail message will be stored as
 > FidoNet NetMail message which SBBSecho can then pack/route/etc.
 >
 >
 > ok... that's great... i hadn't tested that route because i always start with
 > outbound from a FTN to an internet domain... being able to receive is great
 > but that hurts when being unable to reply, too...

I don't follow. I send FTN netmail from my Internet email client. The FTN
receiver is able to reply and the reply goes back through FTN and I can either
read/reply on the BBS, web UI or via my Internet email client. The original
receiver is none the wiser. This is how I have corresponded in FidoNet NetMail
for many years.

 >  > Like-wise, locally-stored received FTN NetMail can be read/replied to
 >  > using
 > a  POP3-capable email client.
 >
 >
 > yeah, i've done that, too, and ran into a problem there that i haven't had
 > time to report... basically it was something to do with the name not being
 > changed properly when a reply message was sent back... i'll have to gather
 > the details for you later... right now i have to get out of this facility as
 > it is 100+F again and i'm roasting... i only just realized how hot it has
 > been today 

Okay... hot. Got it. :-)

                                            digital man

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