GP> I'm trying to get Virtual Advanced BBS (VADV BBS) working with
 GP> Internet Rex. As far as I can tell, I have it set up well enough
 GP> that it's exporting echo and netmail to a directory in the
 GP> outbound.  But for some reason Internet Rex is not picking it up.

what type of files is VADV sending out? are they arcmail attach or BSO
style? if they are arcmail attach, then irex likely needs a netmail area to
scan so it can build the outbound traffic...

 GP> Are there any settings I should change in Internet Rex switching
 GP> from Synchronet to Virtual Advanced?  Am I neglecting something in
 GP> Virtual Advanced? 

what mailer type is VADV set to talk to? both the mailer and the tosser
must speak the same language or the movement of mail will not work...


NOTE: netmail is a term for a type of private mail used in fidonet. there
is some confusion, at time, about the definition of "netmail
area", though... yes, in the most general terms, a netmail area is an
area which holds netmail but there are several types of netmail areas...

arcmail attach mailers have their own dedicated netmail area. this area is
the one that the tosser uses to place the arcmail attach messages in. this
area is the main netmail area, too... many sysops read their netmail in
this area unless they import/export their netmail to/from this area to
their bbs' netmail area. most arcmail attach mailers are also known as
dynamic mailers because they scan the netmail area and create the outbound
netmail PKTs for sending to other systems...

BSO (binkley style outbound) mailers use ?LO files to tell the mail what
files to send to what systems... those files files must be packaged by the
tosser or a netmail manager... echomail is packed into bundles... netmail
is packed into PKTs... sometimes, netmail is also further packed into a
bundle which may also have other PKTs containing echomail... i'm not aware
of any system that creates PKTs with both echomail and netmail in them...

the only real defining differences between netmail and echomail are

  echomail has an AREA: control line
  echomail has an ORIGIN line
  echomail has SEENBY control lines
  echomail has PATH control lines

  netmail has VIA control lines
  netmail has none of the above mentioned control lines

everything else is the same other than the addressing... echomail PKTs are
addressed TO the systems that are connected to the echomail area(s)
contained within the PKT... addresses in the TO/FROM fields of the
individual echomail messages are not used... netmail, on the other hand,
does use the addresses in the PKT (first) and the TO/FROM fields...

the PKT's destination address is used to determine if the PKT is supposed
to be processed by the local system... if not, then the PKT is marked
(renamed) and not processed... if the PKT is a netmail PKT, then the
addresses in the TO/FROM field are additionally used to determine if the
message needs to be packed into another PKT destined to another system
up/down the line... this is routed netmail... if the PKT is echomail, then
the messages are tossed into the local message bases...

does this help?

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