Re: readdressing mis-addressed FTN netmails
  By: mark lewis to all on Thu Mar 21 2019 11:19 am

 >
 > is there an easy way i can readdress mis-addressed FTN netmails to the
 > proper  address so my system can send them on to the real destination?
 >
 > explanation: from time to time my system receives routed FTN netmails that
 > are  mis-addressed... basically, they have the wrong address (one of my
 > system  addresses) for the destination user... i'm hoping this would be done
 > with some  tool to alter the MSG file in my /sbbs/netmail directory so
 > sbbsecho will see  it the next time it runs and pack it to the destination
 > according to my routing
 > setup... i know i could maybe hex edit the message in question but that's a
 > dance with the devil i don't care to participate in...
 >
 > on my old FD/RA/FE setup, the netmail would be easily accessible and i could
 > edit it with my normal sysop editor to change the destination address as
 > well  as to possibly add a note at the top maybe explaining the delay...

I haven't written a FTN "stored message" (*.msg file) editor, but I'm sure
someone has. Have you looked through archives of fido utilities online?

 > the only other choice is to bounce the message back to the sender with a
 > note  that the destination user is not a user at the address it was sent to
 > but  there's no easy way to do that, either...

Yup, don't have that either.

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