Hello Louis,

 AI>> Does the target directory /var/spool/ftn/incomplete exist and is
 AI>> it writable by hpt?

 LN> Yep it does. Other networks use it. What's really weird is netmail to
 LN> the same system works fine. I get my AREAFIX replies via netmail just
 LN> fine.

Yes, there is some kind of permissions issue and I can't quite put my finger on it.

 LN> It's odd. I'm going to keep troubleshooting.

Yes, the solution whatever it happens to be is close by there. :)

In my own case I start binkd like this, as an unprivileged user.

/usr/local/sbin/binkd -DC /path/to/binkd.conf

In my binkd.conf there is an exec line that runs a script with the commands needed by hpt to toss incoming mail and files.

So incoming mail and files are all owned by the same user and there is no possibility for permissions issues.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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