MV> You did nothing wrong. Fmail does not pack netmail unless it is
 MV> explicitly configured to do so. You can do that by setting the "Pack
 MV> Netm." to "yes in the node manager for the node in question.

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 NJ> Thanks for shedding some light on this issue; the approach you
 NJ> describe works correctly for all routed netmail.  (Although I have
 NJ> to check whether crashmail is packed correctly as well; I think
 NJ> that may cause some problems.)  I don't think I can teach binkd to
 NJ> send non-packed netmail, though, but maybe I should move that issue
 NJ> over to the appropriate echo. :-)

binkd is a binkleyterm style mailer... it requires netmail to be packed
into PKTs or even further into bundles... bink style outbound (BSO) mailers
are known as blackhole mailers for a reason ;)

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