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 Message 37 
 Robert Wolfe to Mark Lewis 
 Sending Netmail 
 01 Sep 17 17:28:20 
 
 ml>  On 2017 Aug 27 19:06:02, you wrote to All:

 RW> When I go to send a netmail message, I don't get prompted for a node
 RW> address, and when I DO go to send an address in 
 RW> username@node format, I get
 RW> a message back from Maximus saying that it cannot 
 RW> find the user.  Is there
 RW> something I am missing in my msgarea.ctl file by 
 RW> any chance that is causing
 RW> this issue?

 ml> this sounds like you don't have the area specified as 
 ml> netmail... it isn't asking you for the address which 
 ml> means it thinks it is a local or echomail area... when 
 ml> it says it cannot find the user, that's also an 
 ml> indicator that it is looking internally... i don't know 
 ml> what the settings are as i don't currently have a max 
 ml> system installed here...

Ok, I will have to go back and see what adjustments I need to make since I am
able to read netmail properly, just not send it.

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