Hi! Nicholas,

In a message to All you wrote:

 DD>> I have noticed that in the latest update of Thunderbird (16.01) I
 DD>> need to use "Followup" not "Reply" to respond in Fidonet 
 DD>> echoes.

 NB> Doesn't seem as though I can get that to work either. Would someone
 NB> (multiple even) be so kind as to paste their jamnntpd.config so I can
 NB> compare it to mine, and see if I'm using anything I shouldn't be?

First up, I'd suggest a re-compile, or, even a reversion to the Johan Billing
original executable (is there one?... I can't even find the Windows one now! 
Bugger!).

I had some weirdnesses with a Ubuntu-compiled doover which was fixed by turfing
Xubuntu 11.10 to the bit-bucket.  I then installed an old rev of Puppy linux,
and reverted to a pre-compiled executable for Puppy.  The previous configs &
messagebase were used again (the entire Fido directory tree was backed-up to a
.tar), with a change of executable only, and, the weirdness went away.

Anyhow, here's a copy of my jamnntpd.config file in the vBox system (I gotta
change the origin sometime[smack!])...

=== begin ===
# Main config of JamNNTPd
#

# -port 119
-port 5000
#  Set the port where JamNNTPd listens for connections. The default is 5000.


#xxxx modified 10/03/2012
-max 20
#  The maximum allowed number of connections at one time. The default is 5.
 
-groups "/opt/ftn/fido/jamnntpd/jamnntpd.groups"
-allow "/opt/ftn/fido/jamnntpd/jamnntpd.allow"
-users "/opt/ftn/fido/jamnntpd/jamnntpd.users"
-xlat "/opt/ftn/fido/jamnntpd/jamnntpd.xlat"
#  Use these to override the default locations of the config files.
 
-logfile "/opt/ftn/fido/logfiles/jamnntpd.log"
#  Use this to override the default location of the log file.

#-noecholog
#  Disables echoing of log messages to the console window. 

-readorigin
#  Get address from the Origin line instead of the OADDRESS field of the JAM 
#  message header. This option makes JamNNTPd slower, but may be useful if 
#  your tosser does not set the OADDRESS field. 

-noencode 
#  JamNNTPd by default MIME-encodes headers with non-ascii characters. If you
#  use this option, JamNNTPd will instead send the headers as plain 8-bit text.

-strictnetmail
#  Makes JamNNTPd use strict article counters for netmail messages. Normally
#  JamNNTPd uses article counters that include all messages, not only those
#  that the user is allowed to read. That behaviour is much faster, but may 
#  cause your newsreader to indicate the presence of new messages in the 
#  netmail area even when there are only messages for other users. Using this
#  option will make JamNNTPd slower, but speed seems to be acceptable for 
#  small netmail areas with up to 1000 messages. Users will never be allowed 
#  to actually read netmail messages of other users even when this option is 
#  not used.

-def_flowed on
-def_showto on
#  Sets the default of the flowed and showto settings (if no default is
#  specified on the commandline, both will be on by default) (on/off)

#nostripre
#  JamNNTPd normally strips "Re:" from subject lines of followups. Use
#  this option if you want to retain the "Re:".
  
#-notearline
#  JamNNTPd normally puts the information from the X-Newsreader or User-Agent
#  header field in the tearline of posted messages. This option disables this
#  behaviour and leaves the tearline blank.

-noreplyaddr
#  JamNNTPd normally adds a REPLYADDR kludge with the e-mail address of the
#  sender in posted messages. Use this option if you don't want REPLYADDR
#  kludges. See also see section 6.4 below.

#xxxx modified 14/10/2012
# -notzutc
#  JamNNTPd normally writes the timezone into a TZUTC kludge when a message
#  is posted. You can use this option if you don't want to create TZUTC
kludges.

#nocancel
#  Disallows the cancelling (deleting) of messages by the users.
 
-smartquote
#  The quoting style of most newsreaders is different from traditional fidonet
#  software. If you enable this option, JamNNTPd will try to change any quoted
#  lines to fidonet style. This means that it will try to insert the initials
#  of the person you reply to before the '>' character and also that it will
try
#  to compound multiple generations of quotes, i.e. "AA> BB>" will be changed
#  into "BB>>".
 
#xxxx modified 2/2/2012
-origin "Paul's Xubuntu vBox - Maryborough, Qld, OZ"
#  Normally JamNNTPd uses the text found in the Organization header line as 
#  the Origin line text in posted messages. You can use this switch to 
#  override the Organization line and set your own origin for all posted 
#  messages. 

guestsuffix "[guest]"
#  If desired, JamNNTPd can add a suffix to posts from unauthenticated users. 
#  To activate that feature, specify the suffix here.

-echomailjam /opt/ftn/fido/sema4dir/sendmail.sem
#   If you specify a filename here, JamNNTPd will write a line to this file 
#   with the messagebase and message number for each message that is posted.
#   The file follows the ECHOMAIL.JAM format supported by some tossers.

#-debug
#  If this option is used, JamNNTPd will print all sent and received text
#  to the console window. Useful for testing.
=== end QUINNS~1.PRE ===

Cheers,
Paul.

... *Real* programmers use COPY CON MYAPP.ZIP
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox