• Irex <--> Echomail

    From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to All on Tue Jun 5 09:22:00 2018
    Hi All,

    I need some help ;-) Is anyone using Irex to connect to a NNTP server? I'm using *.msg format. I can successfully get working importing from a NNTP
    server into the BBS, and export from the BBS out. However the export out creates a .pkt file and .hlo file and when I run the send receive request in Irex it doesnt process and send. Clearly I'm not doing something 'right'
    here, and would really appreciate some help.

    Nick

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Nick Mackechnie on Tue Jun 5 06:14:58 2018

    On 2018 Jun 05 09:22:00, you wrote to All:

    I need some help ;-) Is anyone using Irex to connect to a NNTP server? I'm using *.msg format. I can successfully get working importing from a NNTP server into the BBS, and export from the BBS out.

    export to which side? new posts going back to the news server or redistributing
    the new posts via FTN protocol??

    However the export out creates a .pkt file and .hlo file and when I

    those are BSO... the pkt is normal FTN but the hlo is a BSO FLO file... the 'h'
    signals "Hold"...

    run the send receive request in Irex it doesnt process and send.

    who is that PKT destined to? it can't send what is on Hold...

    Clearly I'm not doing something 'right' here, and would really
    appreciate some help.

    maybe the above will trigger?

    )\/(ark

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/17 to Nick Mackechnie on Tue Jun 12 07:34:22 2018

    On Jun 05, 2018 09:22am, Nick Mackechnie wrote to All:

    Hi All,

    I need some help ;-) Is anyone using Irex to connect to a NNTP server?
    I'm using *.msg format. I can successfully get working importing from a NNTP server into the BBS, and export from the BBS out. However the
    export out creates a .pkt file and .hlo file and when I run the send receive request in Irex it doesnt process and send. Clearly I'm not
    doing something 'right' here, and would really appreciate some help.

    You mail processor needs to export to PKT format instead so that Internet Rex can send the mail.

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to Robert Wolfe on Wed Jun 13 18:13:00 2018
    You mail processor needs to export to PKT format instead so that Internet
    Rex
    can send the mail.

    Thanks - And where do you set what the outbound directory is that irex will look at for sending nntp?

    Nick

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Nick Mackechnie on Thu Jun 14 21:07:46 2018
    On 06/13/18, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    Thanks - And where do you set what the outbound directory is that irex will look at for sending nntp?

    Nick, if you're after a gated feed for Usenet in PKT format I can help. I run
    a gateway that interfaces with news.bbs.nz

    Feel free to drop me a netmail if you want this.

    Best, Paul

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to Paul Hayton on Thu Jun 14 21:44:00 2018
    Thanks - And where do you set what the outbound directory is that irex will look at for sending nntp?

    Nick, if you're after a gated feed for Usenet in PKT format I can help. I
    run
    a gateway that interfaces with news.bbs.nz

    Thanks mate - already using a newsgate, and working well. Just saw that the functionality was also available in irex, and couldn't manage to get it
    working as expected. Must be missing something, just not sure what the 'something is' :-)

    Nick.

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Nick Mackechnie on Fri Jun 15 08:47:49 2018
    On 06/14/18, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    Thanks mate - already using a newsgate, and working well. Just saw that the functionality was also available in irex, and couldn't manage to get it working as expected. Must be missing something, just not sure what the 'something is' :-)

    No probs, best of luck :)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/17 to Nick Mackechnie on Fri Jun 15 06:10:26 2018

    On Jun 13, 2018 06:13pm, Nick Mackechnie wrote to Robert Wolfe:

    You mail processor needs to export to PKT format instead so that Internet
    Rex
    can send the mail.

    Thanks - And where do you set what the outbound directory is that irex will look at for sending nntp?

    In the same directory as the rest of your outbound mail.

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to Robert Wolfe on Sat Jun 16 12:33:00 2018
    On Jun 13, 2018 06:13pm, Nick Mackechnie wrote to Robert Wolfe:

    You mail processor needs to export to PKT format instead so that Internet
    Rex
    can send the mail.

    Thanks - And where do you set what the outbound directory is that irex will look at for sending nntp?

    In the same directory as the rest of your outbound mail.

    Each network has a different one (Bink Style :-))

    Nick

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:261/20 to Nick Mackechnie on Fri Jun 22 08:01:20 2018
    *** Quoting Nick Mackechnie from a message to Robert Wolfe ***

    You mail processor needs to export to PKT format instead so that Internet
    Rex
    can send the mail.

    Thanks - And where do you set what the outbound directory is that irex
    look at for sending nntp?

    That is the same directory as your mail processor's outbound pkt and arcmail directory usually. Plus IREX only reads .PKT files for outbound NNTP.

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