Hi! Robert,

Robert E Starr JR -> Paul Quinn wrote:

 RESJ> I got your netmail last night and reply, but it won't call your bbs, so
 RESJ> here it is :

The node & BBS are 24/7 IP; the phone number is for ZMH only (and I
-never- expect any calls).  I'm surprised your mailer couldn't extract my
IP details and send direct, as mine does for yours (if I set the DIR &
CM flags on netmails).

 RESJ>>> * * * This message was from Bill to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.m * * *
 RESJ>>>       * * * and has been forwarded to you by Lord Time * * *
 >> It works!  :)  Thanks!

 RESJ> your welcome (when I saw I had 500+ messages in the
 RESJ> rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.m
 RESJ> echo (plus do some others - normaly use outlook express to post them) I
 RESJ> thought I would see if a offline reading (cmpqwk) would work - try 3
 RESJ> messages first

 >> Is this an automatic thing, inserting the news posts into the echo?
 RESJ> manualy - me

Bugger.  That's gonna get terribly mundane and turn into a real chore, real soon.

 RESJ>>> -+- SBBSecho 2.11-Win32
 >> Synchronet?

 RESJ> yep

 >> What messagebase format does it use?
 RESJ> not totaly sure, but will send you the url : http://www.synchro.net/
 RESJ> so you can look it up

Been there.  Last night.  :)  It didn't really help but I was impressed
with the author's page.

If you can export newsgroup postings to an email address then I can offer
you a gateway program that sucks in emails direct to an echo, _if_  echoes
are treated differently from newsgroups in Syncronet.

The gateway is a freebie, and, can be set for one-way transfers, i.e. a
read-only echo as far as the newsgoup is concerned.  The source is free.  I
had to ask one of the fellers in the zone to do a compile for me, so I can
offer a copy of that, or, you could compile your own.

It's called TransNet and can be got from:

  http://www.resl.com.ar/transnet/

It was there the last time I looked... 6 months ago.  Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Paul.

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