hi,
question for you:
i send netmail to say, retronet and when i look at the logs is is being sent via say, nixnet.
is that normal?

here's the log info:
Route (Dean Lodge@80:774/12 to Areafix@80:774/34 via 86/200:1
Export netmail #21 to 86/200/1@nixnet
:
:
:
Execute Res: 0 Cmd zip -qj9 "/mystic/echomail/out/nixnet.056/023e000b.we3"

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hi,
question for you:
i send netmail to say, retronet and when i look at the logs is is being sent via say, nixnet.
is that normal?

here's the log info:
Route (Dean Lodge@80:774/12 to Areafix@80:774/34 via 86/200:1
Export netmail #21 to 86/200/1@nixnet
:
:
:
Execute Res: 0 Cmd zip -qj9 "/mystic/echomail/out/nixnet.056/023e000b.we3"

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On 19 Aug 2026, pweck said the following...

hi,
question for you:
i send netmail to say, retronet and when i look at the logs is is being sent via say, nixnet.
is that normal?

here's the log info:
Route (Dean Lodge@80:774/12 to Areafix@80:774/34 via 86/200:1

^^^^^^^^
This line leads me to suspect that you have something in your retronet config wrong. Check to see what your routing is set to. It should be to your retronet hub. I suspect you've got the nixnet hub there.

Let me know what you find out. I'm glad to help. BTW, I've never been able
to get a mystic netmail to go direct. It always goes routed.

Export netmail #21 to 86/200/1@nixnet pw> :
:
:
Execute Res: 0 Cmd zip -qj9
"/mystic/echomail/out/nixnet.056/023e000b.we3"

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Hey Ogg!

On Wed, Aug 19 2026 21:17:02 -0500, you wrote:

Let me know what you find out. I'm glad to help. BTW, I've never
been able to get a mystic netmail to go direct. It always goes
routed.

Even with a proper nodelist imported and Configuration > Message Base Settings > Netmail Direct set to yes?

Regards,
Nick

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Let me know what you find out. I'm glad to help. BTW, I've never
been able to get a mystic netmail to go direct. It always goes
routed.

Even with a proper nodelist imported and Configuration > Message Base

Netmail Direct set to yes?

Settings

Regards,
Nick

Unfortunately yes. It's been a multi year search trying to figure out what's going on. I really just gave up. I'm open to correcting it however. Any other suggestions?

Scott

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Route (Dean Lodge@80:774/12 to Areafix@80:774/34 via 86/200:1

^^^^^^^^
This line leads me to suspect that you have something in your retronet config wrong. Check to see what your routing is set to. It should be
to your retronet hub. I suspect you've got the nixnet hub there.

it's setup correctly. looking at the logs, i think it only routes via xxx, if i areafix from the Networking --> Echomail Nodes screen

og> Let me know what
you find out. I'm glad to help. BTW, I've never been og> able to get a mystic netmail to go direct. It always goes routed. Thanks. if it's doing that for all i wont worry about it

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Let me know what you find out. I'm glad to help. BTW, I've never
been able to get a mystic netmail to go direct. It always goes
routed.

Even with a proper nodelist imported and Configuration > Message Base

Netmail Direct set to yes?

it is set to YES for direct. but i looked at the logs and it seems to do it if i areafix within the Networking>>>Echomail Nodes screen. doing areafix from messages instead does route directly. must be a bug in the former.

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Let me know what you find out. I'm glad to help. BTW, I've never been able to get a mystic netmail to go direct. It always goes routed.

Even with a proper nodelist imported and Configuration > Message Base

Netmail Direct set to yes?

Settings

Regards,
Nick

Unfortunately yes. It's been a multi year search trying to figure out what's going on. I really just gave up. I'm open to correcting it however. Any other suggestions?

well if it's getting to and from then for now i'll live with it! :)

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Hey ogg!

On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:57:03, you wrote:

Unfortunately yes. It's been a multi year search trying to figure out what's
going on. I really just gave up. I'm open to correcting it however. Any other
suggestions?

Kinda makes me wonder if you have to actually setup a direct link in Echomail Nodes for the specific link you want to send direct, which would kind of defeat the whole purpose. Other than that, it would use the catch all link that you route everything wild carded through.

I also wonder, if you disabled that catch all wildcard link temporarily, and with those settings I mentioned, if it would do it then?

Regards,
Nick

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Hey pweck!

On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:22:55, you wrote:

it is set to YES for direct. but i looked at the logs and it seems to do
it if i areafix within the Networking>>>Echomail Nodes screen. doing
areafix from messages instead does route directly. must be a bug in the former.

Yeah, I suppose it could be. Hopefully, some day we can get an answer to that. :/

Regards,
Nick

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Unfortunately yes. It's been a multi year search trying to figure out what's
going on. I really just gave up. I'm open to correcting it however. An
other
suggestions?

Kinda makes me wonder if you have to actually setup a direct link in Echomail Nodes for the specific link you want to send direct, which
would kind of defeat the whole purpose. Other than that, it would use
the catch all link that you route everything wild carded through.

I also wonder, if you disabled that catch all wildcard link temporarily, and with those settings I mentioned, if it would do it then?

I've played with the settings til I got so frustrated that I gave up. I did send you a netmail with my hub setting to direct instead of crash. Let's see if you get it.

Scott

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