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    From Mike Dippel@1:396/4 to All on Sunday, February 27, 2022 16:49:24
    From: nospam.Mike.Dippel@f393.n135.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Dippel)

    I believe I saw in a video from Avon that the routing info should read:
    1* 2* 3* 4*

    I tried to send a netmail to someone other than my hub. The netmail did not go
    direct to the address, but went to the hub.

    The hub asked me to change the setting to:
    1:* 2:* 3:* 4:*
    and it still didn't go through.

    I'm running vA47 Is this a known problem with this version, or is there a better setting for Routing that works?

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Jay Harris@1:396/4 to All on Sunday, February 27, 2022 17:51:10
    From: nospam.Jay.Harris@f664.n229.z1.fidonet.org (Jay Harris)

    On 27 Feb 2022, Mike Dippel said the following...

    I tried to send a netmail to someone other than my hub. The netmail did not go direct to the address, but went to the hub.

    Try running:

    mutil poll route

    And it should give you some guidance. Mine looks like this:

    $ ./mis poll route

    Netmail Route (Top-Down Priority)

    Route 21:3/110.2 to 21:3/110.2
    Route 21:1/10 to 21:1/10
    Route 77:1/156.10 to 77:1/156.10
    Route 80:774/114.10 to 80:774/114.10
    Route 3:770/* to 3:770/1
    Route 2:221/* to 2:221/6
    Route 2:280/* to 2:280/5555
    Route 2:250/1 to 2:250/1
    Route 954:* to 954:895/1
    Route 25:* to 25:25/0
    Route 618:* to 618:500/1
    Route 80:* to 80:774/1
    Route 1337:* to 1337:3/100
    Route 77:* to 77:3/1
    Route 42:* to 42:1/1
    Route 21:* to 21:3/100
    Route 1:* 2:* 3:* 4:* to 1:229/426


    You'll want to make sure that any specific nodes you have setup appear above a wildcard entry. You can copy a node entry in echomail nodes and move it above and entry with a wildcard it in Echomail Nodes.

    Also make sure you enter their node number in the "Route Info" field. e.g:

    Node ID 18 (21:3/110.2@fsxnet)

    Active Yes
    Description Test Node
    SysOp Name Jay Harris
    Address 21:3/110.2
    Domain fsxnet
    Session Type Directory
    Archive Type ZIP
    Export Type Normal
    Route Info 21:3/110.2


    Jay

    .... If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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  • From g00r00@1:396/4 to All on Monday, February 28, 2022 16:54:13
    From: nospam.g00r00@f215.n129.z1.fidonet.org (g00r00)

    I believe I saw in a video from Avon that the routing info should read:
    1* 2* 3* 4*

    Avon's videos are a bit outdated in terms of routing, but in general the same system exists today. You shouldn't need to do anything in your routing for Netmails to be routed through the network.

    I tried to send a netmail to someone other than my hub. The netmail did not go direct to the address, but went to the hub.

    The mail will not go direct to the node if they are not configured to go direct. It will route through the network and get sent to the receiver's node.

    The hub asked me to change the setting to:
    1:* 2:* 3:* 4:* and it still didn't go through.

    What this is doing is saying that you want all netmail addressed to zones 1,2,3,4 (IE all of FidoNet) to be sent to this node. It sounds like you don't want that at all.

    .... When all else fails, read the instructions

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