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@MSGID: 2:280/464 6a21de67
@REPLY: 1158.fido_sysop@1:135/115 2e8706a2
@TID: FMail-lnx64 2.3.4.1-B20260520
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Hi Dan,
On 2026-06-04 14:03:56, you wrote to me:
WvV>> Was it a crashmail or a routed netmail? If routed you can check the
WvV>> VIA lines to see who his fido uplink is, and check with the uplink
WvV>> what is possible. If crash, you can check your mailers log for the
WvV>> IP number the connection came from, check if there`s a mailer on
WvV>> that IP address, and with a little tinckering in your configs, you
WvV>> can send a crashmail in return.
DC> It was crashmail. He doesn`t have a Fido uplink, and is trying to
DC> contact me to provide him with one (he lives in my NC area so that`s
DC> fine). I guess I could put a fake entry in my local nodelist/config to
DC> make it possible to reply, using the info you provided just below... but
DC> that isn`t normal and I`m not likely to do that.
Normal would be, him using 1:135/999, and you put your reply on
hold for him to pick up.
But if you really want to reach him, the effort is very little...
WvV>> I checked here:
WvV>>
https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/?address=1%3A135%2F382
WvV>> The last host name for Hector was fido.winserver.com
WvV>> That one doesn`t resolve anymore. But winserver.com does, and there is
WvV>> an active mailer on that address:
WvV>> # telnet winserver.com binkp | strings
WvV>> Trying 3.137.120.140...
WvV>> Connected to winserver.com.
WvV>> SYS Santronics Online
WvV>> ZYZ Hector Santos
WvV>> LOC Homestead, FL
WvV>> VER PxOnline/10.0b44 binkp/1.1
WvV>> 99:1/1@xnet
WvV>> 1:135/381@fidonet
WvV>> Since you are the current host for 1:135/0, it probably wasn`t a routed
WvV>> netmail? ;-)
DC> It was not. I have had someone else offer to forward my email address
DC> to him so he could reply to me that way, so we`ll see if he does that.
If it works that would be easier indeed.
Bye, Wilfred.
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