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Hey Martin!

On Wed, Aug 20 2025 15:06:00 -0500, you wrote:

> I can't pack netmail to 30:30/99, only everything else.  That is for
> gated email.  Scan goes before pack.  I'm not sure if I need via or
> just the node number.  A lot of netmail goes to things like 1:40/150
> and is going via 1:229/426.

If you can't pack and scan for 30:30/99, then it probably shouldn't even be in
your tosser's configuration. Is this something you're doing with IREX or some
such?

I'm fairly sure you should pack your netmail before you try to scan it out.
Although, some tossers (like HPT for example), you can enable a configuration
option "PACKNETMAILONSCAN" so you don't have to use both commands, but I don't
know if FastEcho has that option or not.

You don't need "via". This is what setting 1:229/426 (1:* 2:* 3:* 4:*) already
does. Any node number in zone 1-4 will go to Nick Andre first. And if you want
to add any direct links for Fidonet, they need to be added /before/ 1:229/426
in order to work properly.

Most tossers read a routing table from top to bottom. So if Nick's entry is
first, no other entries for 1:* 2:* 3:* 4:* will work properly.

While it seems like you're ultimately confused as to how your tosser works, at
this point, you should probably start over with Fidonet, and just have
1:229/426 as a link, and route 1:* 2:* 3:* 4:* through it.

Once you've done that, and it works properly, then you can add direct links
and/or other route links one at a time while making sure they work before
moving on to the next. If you don't need direct links or other routes, then
leave it alone with the one Fidonet link, and let Nick's system send any/all
of your echomail and netmail where it needs to go. He kinds knows what he's
doing. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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