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    From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Nick Boel on Sun Oct 26 18:10:00 2025

    * In a message originally to Martin Kazmaier, Nick Boel said:

    Hey Martin!

    On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:12:00 , you wrote:

    Scanning JAM areas ...

    Can't export message in area HNET_TEST without active downlinks.

    Scanning Squish areas ...


    NetMail: 0, EchoMail: 0

    I've got node, seen-by and export set. What could I be doing wrong?
    I've had this before and I have no clue what I did to fix it...

    Well, I don't know much about fastecho, but the error says you can't /export/ message in area HNET_TEST without /active downlinks/.

    So, I would imagine, if you don't have any active downlinks for that area, you don't need to export anything for it (ie: unset export, since you said you set it).

    Export to is set, and that's the downlinks. Turns out I think it was a VM error. I'd changed some settings, but they hadn't taken effect.

    --
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Nick Boel on Tue Oct 28 19:29:00 2025
    Hey Martin!

    On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:12:00 , you wrote:

    Scanning JAM areas ...

    Can't export message in area HNET_TEST without active downlinks.

    Scanning Squish areas ...


    NetMail: 0, EchoMail: 0

    I've got node, seen-by and export set. What could I be doing wrong? I've had this before and I have no clue what I did to fix it...

    Well, I don't know much about fastecho, but the error says you can't /export/ message in area HNET_TEST without /active downlinks/.

    So, I would imagine, if you don't have any active downlinks for that area, you don't need to export anything for it (ie: unset export, since you said you set it).

    Name: HNET_TEST Group: C Comment: [Auto-Added]
    Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net
    Type: EchoMail
    Storage: JAM Board:
    Path: C:\ELE\MSGBASE\JAM\FE6A9E10
    Use AKA: 954:300/2

    Mandatory: N Keep SEEN-BY: N Tiny SEEN-BY: N CPD: N Passive: N
    Convert Umlaut: N Keep users: N Kill read: N Disable Passive: N
    Remote changes: Y Hide area: N Keep NetMail: N

    Purging # Msgs: 5000 # Days: 0 # Rcvd Days: 0
    Security Read: 10 Write: 100

    Seen-by: 954:300/2
    Export to: 954:895/2

    As you can see, I DO have downlinks set... What could I possibly be doing wrong? I've tried removing export to, but that gives the same error. My VM often ignores obvious changes that I've definitely made and no one has any
    idea why... That's all I can think is going on.

    --
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (1:340/1101)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/1.254 to Martin Kazmaier on Wed Oct 29 14:49:19 2025

    28 Oct 25 19:29, Martin Kazmaier wrote to Nick Boel:

    Export to: 954:895/2

    As you can see, I DO have downlinks set...


    "Can't export message in area HNET_TEST without active downlinks."

    Is that link 954:895/2 active?

    'Tommi

    --- FastEcho/2 1.46.1 Revival
    * Origin: =========================>>>> (2:221/1.254)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/1.254 to Martin Kazmaier on Wed Oct 29 14:57:20 2025

    29 Oct 25 14:49, Tommi Koivula wrote to Martin Kazmaier:


    28 Oct 25 19:29, Martin Kazmaier wrote to Nick Boel:

    Export to: 954:895/2

    As you can see, I DO have downlinks set...


    "Can't export message in area HNET_TEST without active downlinks."

    Is that link 954:895/2 active?

    |##
    AreaFix flags: � | #
    |##
    Send Notify: Y |##
    Send Help: Y |##
    |##
    Passive: N |##
    Automatic Passive: 0 |##
    |##
    ==================================+##
    #####################################
    #####################################


    Check those two last options.

    'Tommi

    --- FastEcho/2 1.46.1 Revival
    * Origin: =========================>>>> (2:221/1.254)
  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Nick Boel on Wed Oct 29 07:55:00 2025
    Hey Martin!

    On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:12:00 , you wrote:

    Scanning JAM areas ...

    Can't export message in area HNET_TEST without active downlinks.

    Scanning Squish areas ...


    NetMail: 0, EchoMail: 0

    I've got node, seen-by and export set. What could I be doing wrong? I've had this before and I have no clue what I did to fix it...

    Well, I don't know much about fastecho, but the error says you can't /export/ message in area HNET_TEST without /active downlinks/.

    So, I would imagine, if you don't have any active downlinks for that area, you don't need to export anything for it (ie: unset export, since you said you set it).

    Ok, again I delete my directory structure, recreated it and everything
    started working again. VMs are weird.

    --
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (1:340/1101)
  • From Jon Justvig@1:220/20 to Nick Boel on Sun Nov 2 00:30:28 2025
    On 26 Oct 2025, Nick Boel said the following...

    Hey Martin!

    Can't export message in area HNET_TEST without active downlinks.

    Nicholas, Shurato is having issues with Netmail so I'm wondering what's going on here with exporting messages. Have you gotten netmail messages from him?
    I need to resolve his issue with my system. He sent a packet and my system handled what he said was a netmail message was processed by my Mystic system
    as an echomail message. Just curious to see what the hiccup is. I don't
    know anything about Fastecho either. I've used BinkD, Mystic, Synchronet's BinkIt and Taurus/Radius and some others, I don't think it's a mailer issue.
    I think it's more of how the message is being saved. It should be posted to AreaFix (@ my FTN) with his password and all that regards in a netmail based message base.

    -- cr1mson

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