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    From deon@21:2/116 to Accession on Monday, January 26, 2026 12:55:32
    Re: Netmail
    By: Accession to deon on Sun Jan 25 2026 05:34 pm

    Howdy,

    Both? So when this text started, the request was to send a netmail to 21:3/262, (when the node is listed as 21:3/226).

    Had you not picked that up, the converstation would have gone:

    You must have missed this part of the conversation:

    * sender: I sent you a netmail
    * receipient: I didnt get your netmail

    * sender: Oh, I realized I used the wrong node number, here is a new reply using the correct one.
    * recipient: Received!

    I didnt, you quoted it above. I was talking "ifs" - by using the statement: "Had you not picked that up...". I know the (fsx) netmails were sent and received, I read that too. I also read that the fidonet ones finally worked as well when something was done to the message bases...

    jumped into the conversation to try to tell me I was wrong about nodelists not being needed to route netmail, and then went on about RNTrack, which wasn't even part of the conversation to begin with.

    I didnt say you were wrong, I used the phrase "This is mostly true, but...". I added more context to your statement "FYI, nodelists are not /needed/ for netmail.", and then you finished with "Otherwise, as long as proper routing is in place, netmail goes where it should.".

    Based on my experience, I certainly have had netmails not meet their destatination because a new node hasnt made it to the nodelist yet, as well as a node no longer listed in the nodelist. In those examples it was a tool like RTNtrack (if that is what is called) used by a system in the path, send me a netmail telling me so.

    Honestly, I was just helping someone out. I've been doing this stuff for quite some time, and don't need a rundown on how things work (or how you think it should work).

    Me too...


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