I can't seem to get this software to work

I have it set for Binkley/Portal of Power and BBS Program of RemoteAccess <
2.00 

I'm not using a BBS with it just trying to use it as a tosser with BinkD

I reinstalled it from scratch and imported the fmail.nod file it created when
I asked it do an exported file, I also imported the areas.bbs file I exported
from the first version.

Then I set up message base > netmail board > Main > 1

Set Bad message brd to 2 and dupe board to 3 and left recover to non
Set auto renumber to 500

Asides message base sharing set to yes (default) and a path to a tossed areas
list nothing else is set to yes on that screen

In directories I have defined different dirs for both message base and
netmail and I have stated the correct incoming / outgoing as per binkd paths

Here are the logs after I did this then sent an areafix to 21:1/10 from my
21:1/101 system

It worked in that I got a reply but you will also note the errors. 

After that first attempt I modified my toss.bat to include the import feature
as I thought that may be the problem.

 FMAILW32 TOSS
 FMAILW32 IMPORT
 FMAILW32 PACK

but it did little.

logs to follow

[snip]


------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0
20:22:04.086  Toss
20:22:04.117  Scan for received BCL files
20:22:04.117  Error opening c:\fsxuse\fmail\FMAIL32.DUP: No such file or
directory
20:22:04.133  Decompressing C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\IN\0000005b.tu1 (zip)
20:22:04.133  Archive info: 506, 2016-12-07 09:22:04
20:22:04.133  Executing c:\fe\prots\PKUnzip.Exe -o -)
C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\IN\0000005b.tu1 C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\IN\
20:22:04.335  Scan for received BCL files
20:22:04.335  Processing 040368E7.PKT from 21:1/101 to 21:1/10
20:22:04.335  Pkt info: Program id FEFE 0.00, Type 2+, 322, 2016-12-06
20:22:04
20:22:04.382  Error opening C:\FSXUSE\MSGS\FMAIL\NETMAIL\LASTREAD: No such
file or directory
20:22:04.398  Error opening C:\FSXUSE\MSGS\FMAIL\NETMAIL\LASTREAD: No such
file or directory
20:22:04.429  Updating actual message base files...
20:22:04.460  Netmail: 2,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
20:22:04.460  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
20:22:04.476  Active: 0.390 sec.

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0
20:22:04.523  Pack
20:22:04.585  Message #1 : 21:1/10 -> 21:1/101
20:22:04.601  Message #2 : 21:1/10 -> 21:1/101
20:22:04.601  Executing c:\fe\prots\PKZip.Exe -ex -)
C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\OUT\FSXNET\0000FFA5.TU1
C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\OUT\FSXNET\00000003.pkt
20:22:04.632  Sending new mail from 21:1/10 to 21:1/101
20:22:04.632  Netmail: 2,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
20:22:04.632  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
20:22:04.632  Active: 0.109 sec.

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0
20:24:48.464  Import
20:24:48.558  Updating actual message base files...
20:24:48.589  Netmail: 0,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
20:24:48.604  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
20:24:48.620  Active: 0.140 sec.

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FTools-W32-1.72.0.0
20:26:54.769  MAINT
20:26:54.769  Can't read file LastRead.bbs
20:26:54.769  Exiting with errorlevel 1


------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FTools-W32-1.72.0.0
20:27:13.131  MSGM
20:27:13.131  Nothing to do!

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FTools-W32-1.72.0.0
20:27:29.994  MSGM
20:27:29.994  Nothing to do!

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0
20:32:31.465  Toss
20:32:31.512  Scan for received BCL files
20:32:31.543  Decompressing C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\IN\0000005b.tu2 (zip)
20:32:31.558  Archive info: 509, 2016-12-07 09:32:32
20:32:31.558  Executing c:\fe\prots\PKUnzip.Exe -o -)
C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\IN\0000005b.tu2 C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\IN\
20:32:32.042  Scan for received BCL files
20:32:32.058  Processing 04045DDD.PKT from 21:1/101 to 21:1/10
20:32:32.058  Pkt info: Program id FEFE 0.00, Type 2+, 338, 2016-12-06
20:32:30
20:32:32.104  Updating actual message base files...
20:32:32.120  Netmail: 1,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
20:32:32.136  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
20:32:32.151  Active: 0.670 sec.

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0
20:32:32.214  Import
20:32:32.292  Updating actual message base files...
20:32:32.307  Netmail: 0,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
20:32:32.323  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
20:32:32.338  Active: 0.110 sec.

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0
20:32:32.385  Pack
20:32:32.432  Netmail: 0,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
20:32:32.448  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
20:32:32.463  Active: 0.062 sec.

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0
20:34:10.109  Import
20:34:10.156  Updating actual message base files...
20:34:10.187  Netmail: 0,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
20:34:10.187  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
20:34:10.187  Active: 0.078 sec.

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FTools-W32-1.72.0.0
20:35:06.113  MAINT /H
20:35:06.129  Can't read file LastRead.bbs
20:35:06.129  Exiting with errorlevel 1


------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FTools-W32-1.72.0.0
20:36:04.894  MAINT /D
20:36:04.894  Can't read file LastRead.bbs
20:36:04.894  Exiting with errorlevel 1

[snip]

Gen info from the software is as follows

[snip]


FConfig-W32-1.72.0.0  -  General configuration  -  Tue Dec 06 20:46:20 2016
===============================================================================
=

SysOp Name         : Paul Hayton

Mailer             : Binkley/Portal of Power
BBS program        : RemoteAccess < 2.00

Pers. mail path    : Not defined
+-> Topic 1        : 
+-> Topic 2        : 
Include netmail    : No

Incl.sent by SysOp : No

Log file name      : c:\FSXUSE\LOGS\FMAILLOG.TXT
Area Manager log   : C:\FSXUSE\LOGS\AREAFIX.TXT
Toss summary       : C:\FSXUSE\LOGS\TOSSED.TXT

Dup detection      : Yes
Maximum PKT size   : Not defined
Maximum bundle size: Not defined
Kill empty netmail : No
Kill bad ARCmail   : No
ARCmail compatible : No
Ext. bundle names  : No
Check PKT dest.    : Yes
Max net messages   : Not defined
Keep exported netm.: No
Remove net kludges : No
Set Pvt on import  : No

Keep requests      : No
Keep receipts      : No
Allow PASSWORD     : No
Allow PKTPWD       : No
Allow ACTIVE       : No
Allow COMPRESSION  : No
Allow NOTIFY       : No
Allow +ALL         : Yes
Auto-disconnect    : No

Sort new messages  : No
+-> Use subject    : No
Update reply chains: No
Quick toss         : No
Scan Always        : No
Msg base sharing   : Yes

Import netmail
to SysOp           : No
Remove Re:         : No
Strip soft cr      : No
Strip lf           : No

Extra handles      : 0
Monochrome         : No

Netmail boards

  Main              : 1
    Comment         :                                                    
    # Messages      : 800
    # Days old      : 0
    # Days rcvd     : 0

Bad messages       : 2
Duplicate messages : 3
Recovery board     : Not defined

Message base       : C:\FSXUSE\MSGS\FMAIL\USENET\
Netmail messages   : C:\FSXUSE\MSGS\FMAIL\NETMAIL\
Incoming mail      : C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\IN\
Outgoing mail      : C:\FSXUSE\ECHOMAIL\OUT\FSXNET\

Local PKTs         : Not defined
Semaphore          : Not defined
Sent netmail       : Not defined
Rcvd netmail       : Not defined

Compression programs (16-bit FMail)

           Default : ZIP
           ARC     : PKArc.Com -a
           ZIP     : PKZip.Exe -ex -)
           LZH     : LHA.Exe a /m /o
           PAK     : Pak.Exe a /ST /P /WN
           ZOO     : Zoo.Exe aP:
           ARJ     : ARJ.Exe a -e -u -y
           SQZ     : SQZ.Exe a /p3
           UC2     : UC.Exe a
           RAR     : RAR.Exe a -y -s -m5 -ep -std -cfg-
           JAR     : JAR.Exe a -y
           -?-     : Not defined

Compression programs (32-bit FMail)

           Default : ZIP
           ARC     : PKArc.Com -a
           ZIP     : PKZip.Exe -ex -)
           LZH     : LHA.Exe a /m /o
           PAK     : Pak.Exe a /ST /P /WN
           ZOO     : Zoo.Exe aP:
           ARJ     : ARJ.Exe a -e -u -y
           SQZ     : SQZ.Exe a /p3
           UC2     : UC.Exe a
           RAR     : RAR.Exe a -y -s -m5 -ep -std -cfg-
           JAR     : JAR.Exe a -y
           -?-     : Not defined

Decompression programs (16-bit FMail)

           ARC     : PKXArc.Com -r
           ZIP     : PKUnzip.Exe -o -)
           LZH     : LHA.Exe e /cm
           PAK     : PAK.Exe E /WA
           ZOO     : Zoo.Exe eO
           ARJ     : ARJ.Exe e -c -y
           SQZ     : SQZ.Exe e /o1
           UC2     : UC.Exe e
           RAR     : RAR.Exe e -y -std -cfg-
           JAR     : JAR.Exe e -y
           GUS     : Not defined

Decompression programs (32-bit FMail)

           ARC     : PKXArc.Com -r
           ZIP     : PKUnzip.Exe -o -)
           LZH     : LHA.Exe e /cm
           PAK     : PAK.Exe E /WA
           ZOO     : Zoo.Exe eO
           ARJ     : ARJ.Exe e -c -y
           SQZ     : SQZ.Exe e /o1
           UC2     : UC.Exe e
           RAR     : RAR.Exe e -y -std -cfg-
           JAR     : JAR.Exe e -y
           GUS     : Not defined


[snip]

Does the first node need to be the same name as the defined sysop as it's
not? I did not set the first entry up as the sysop.

I'm at a loss how to get this to run. What I am seeing is people trying to
send areafix netmails and they are not being acted on despite seemingly being
reported as arrived and processed by areamgr ... nothing is being created or
sent back


------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0 - AreaMgr
12:46:56.933  Accepted AreaMgr request from 21:1/126
12:46:56.965  Compression : PKZip.Exe -ex -)

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0 - AreaMgr
12:52:03.443  Accepted AreaMgr request from 21:1/126
12:52:03.474  Compression : PKZip.Exe -ex -)

------------  Tue 2016-12-06, FMail-W32-1.72.0.0 - AreaMgr
12:56:06.943  Accepted AreaMgr request from 21:1/126
12:56:06.975  Compression : PKZip.Exe -ex -)

Best, Paul

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