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echo: locsysop
to: Rod Speed
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1993-06-21 07:39:26
subject: NetMail

PE>> BTW Rod, some of your messages have been entered the incorrect way,
 PE>> and will NOT be sent to the proper place. You may want to send them
 PE>> again.

 RS> Can you be more specific there ?  I did include one in the REP yesterday
 RS> in Aust_Sysop to Bruce Weinel, got this when Maximus was unpacking the
 RS> REP,

 RS>     Area#19   To: Bruce Weinel        Re: FedPolNote
 RS>     Invalid area.  (To=`Bruce Weinel'; subj=`FedPolNote'.)

 RS>     Area to hurl to (`?'=list)? ?

 RS> I assumed that that was just because that conference was marked read
 RS> only. I dont care particularly if it cant be sent. Cant remember the
 RS> detail on those sysops conferences, from memory one atleast is rigidly
 RS> sysops only and atleast one isnt. Cant remember which is which tho.

That's right, it is read-only.  I don't know what the rules are, and I
didn't want to investigate too thoroughly.  If you see a rule posted in
favour of free-for-all, pass it on to me.

 RS> OTOH that is the only one I am aware of having a problem being entered,
 RS> are you saying others have been lost ?  Just Netmails ?  One to Tim
 RS> Epstein went out ok since I got a netmail reply to it. I replied to that
 RS> by netmail again, in a 2 part reply, and havent had a reply to that, was
 RS> that the one you meant ? It looks ok in my logs,

 RS> Area#3    To: Tim Epstein         Re: Ide Hard Drives     MaxArea: 3
 RS> Area#3    To: Tim Epstein         Re: Ide Hard Drives     MaxArea: 3

Have a look at your QWK packet.  You mustn't have put in the
"To:" bit. That last 2-part message to him got a destination of
3:711/934 instead of whatever you wanted.

Paul

--- GoldED 2.40
* Origin: Ten Minute Limit (3:711/934)

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