Subj : fastecho toss
To   : Marty Kazmaier
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Jun 08 2007 11:06 am


 MK> The only reason I'm using frontdoor is because it was an
 MK> available option.  I really don't use a front end mailer.
 MK> I could use an actual inbound and outbound mail directory,
 MK> but I don't know what irex would do since it uses holding
 MK> and queue instead.  I'm thinking of switching from irex
 MK> to binkdwin, but I do have some email based nodes.

 MK> Final suggestions?

what, exactly, are you trying to do? there's only three or four things that a 
mail processor like FE needs...

  inbound directory  (ie: c:\mail\inbound)
  outbound directory (ie: c:\mail\outbound)
  archivers
  local storage message bases

some setups allow for a few more features (like a secure inbound, fileboxes, 
etc) but they are not always necessary or desired...

the point that i'm trying to get to is what, exactly are you wanting to do? why 
keep jumping from this package to that package and experiencing the same 
apparent problems? pick one and get it working properly with _one_ network... 
then, if you are into the multiple networks thing, add one more network and get 
the two working together... then add more, one at a time, getting each working 
with all the others...

the biggest problems i see is folk jumping in and joining a whole slew of 
networks and then fighting the software that they're trying to learn as they go 
while being swamped with all this and that from everywhere until they finally 
give up and just dump it all with a bad taste in their mouth...

i was completely floored when i read your message the other day about having 
had this problem for a year or two... that should never have been... indeed, 30 
days at the most if that long, even... to me, it looks like something is 
configured with the inbound and outbound directories being reversed... i 
dunno... i don't think that all the questions have been answered or all the 
settings posted... i do know that i've not seen any registrations or traffic on 
my FE support forums on my website if that's something easier for you to work 
with due to not being able to process FTN mail without problems... maybe that's 
why we don't see that much traffic from you asking for assistance?

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