Subj : Re: Automatic Network selection for netmail
To   : Digital Man
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 05:37 pm

-=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

 DM>   Re: Re: Automatic Network selection for netmail
 DM>   By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Mon Oct 10 2022 09:39 pm

 >  >  dr> Is there a way to let Synchronet know that zones 1 through 4 are
 >  >  dr> all in Fidonet?

 >  > Certainly.  From my /sbbs/ctrl/sbbsecho.ini :
 >
 >  > [domain:fidonet]
 >  >     Zones = 1,2,3,4
 >  >     DNSSuffix = binkp.net
 >  >     NodeList = /sbbs/fido/nodelist/NODELIST.217
 >
 >  > You should have a "domain" declaration section for each network that
 >  > your system is connected to.

 >  DM> Synchronet (e.g. sbbs) doesn't read/use the sbbsecho.ini file, so
 >  DM> it doesn't know anything about FTN domains.

 > But.... we're talking about netmail...  Isn't netmail sent with
 > sbbsecho?

 DM> Normally, yes, but that's not strictly required. SBBSecho is the
 DM> officially supported FTN tosser/scanner, but it hasn't always
 DM> been the *only* one.

Okay.... but for most (nearly all) current SBBS sysops, it's what is 
being used, I'd guess.  I understand what you're saying about *SBBS* not 
using sbbsecho.ini, but for all intents and purposes, the *BBS system* 
is using it for knowing how to send/route netmail.

 > When I write a netmail to someone in Zone 2, the choice of originating
 > FTN address defaults to my Zone 1 address.  Same if I write to Zone 3 or
 > 4.  If I write to Zone 21, it "knows" to default to my Zone 21 address
 > as originator.
 >
 > <PUZZLED>

 DM> What are you puzzled about?

I guess I'm puzzled at how defining the FTN domains in sbbsecho.ini 
isn't the correct answer to the original question about having FidoNet 
know it uses Zones 1-4.  It sure seems to be doing that on my system.


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