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Hey Joacim!

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:05:46 , you wrote:

 > So I figured it out, and it's properly silly on my part.

 > I figured it out.  I think.

 > In Binkd I named the other networks Amiganet, Fsxnet, and so on.  But
 > the paths the outgoing stuff was written to was set to /fido/amiganet,
 > /fido/fsxnet and so on.

 > Naturally, Binkd was looking in /fido/Fsxnet.xxx and /fido/Amiganet.xxx.

That's because your binkd config file specifies to look in those directories.
When using your default zone "2" for every network, it will automatically
create the hex extensions on your directories. When using this method (4D
addressing), it is better to use one outbound directory, ie:

domain fidonet /fido/outbound 2
domain fsxnet /fido/outbound 2
domain othernet /fido/outbound 2

This will use 'outbound' as your fidonet outbound (default), outbound.015 for
fsxnet, etc.

If Crashmail is properly using /fido/Amiganet, /fido/Fsxnet and so on
/without/ the hex extensions, your binkd config may be better off using this
as an example, where you put the actual zone number of the network instead of
your default zone (2). This is proper 5D addressing, whereas you seem to be
trying to use a mixture of 4D and 5D configurations and hoping for the best at
the moment:

domain fidonet /fido/outbound 2
domain fsxnet /fido/fsxnet 21

.. and the same for every other network you have, with their proper zone
number. This (I believe) disables the hex extensions and allows you to use
directory names without them.

This method only works with Crashmail and a few other tossers that support
multiple outbound directories. Aside from that, I'm not sure where you've
specified directories with uppercase letters (maybe further into your
Crashmail config that you didn't post?) but you will have to deal with that
separately.

 > Now I'm taking a backup of all configuration files...

If it's currently working, back them up. Then maybe look into the difference
between 4D and 5D addressing so that you understand better. From what I can
tell, your configuration may currently be working, but it is still not correct.

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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