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    From Dean Lodge@1:299/6 to All on Friday, May 13, 2022 15:41:26
    hi,

    my netmail is listed as on "hold" and wondering who to contact to get the "hold" changed. i can't send netmail to request the change. thanks
    Name Dean Lodge
    Packet Type 2+
    Archive Type None
    Mail Status Hold
    Direct Yes
    Passive (paused) No
    Notifications Yes
    Remote AreaMgr Yes

    thanks

    Pweck's Retreat BBS - telnet: pwecksretreat.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat BBS (1:299/6)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Dean Lodge on Friday, May 13, 2022 19:53:20
    my netmail is listed as on "hold" and wondering who to contact to get the "hold" changed. i can't send netmail to request the change. thanks
    Name Dean Lodge
    Packet Type 2+
    Archive Type None
    Mail Status Hold
    Direct Yes
    Passive (paused) No
    Notifications Yes
    Remote AreaMgr Yes

    That looks like an areafix reply to your node.

    Netmail/email/echomail the sysop of the node you are linked with and ask him/her to change your status to direct or crash.

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    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Dean Lodge@1:299/6 to Alan Ianson on Friday, May 13, 2022 23:29:15
    my netmail is listed as on "hold" and wondering who to contact to get th "hold" changed. i can't send netmail to request the change. thanks
    Name Dean Lodge
    Packet Type 2+
    Archive Type None
    Mail Status Hold
    Direct Yes
    Passive (paused) No
    Notifications Yes
    Remote AreaMgr Yes

    That looks like an areafix reply to your node.

    Netmail/email/echomail the sysop of the node you are linked with and ask him/her to change your status to direct or crash.

    thanks. since i cannot netmail them, i am trying email. sigh.
    Dean

    Pweck's Retreat BBS - telnet: pwecksretreat.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat BBS (1:299/6)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Dean Lodge on Saturday, May 14, 2022 10:34:10
    Hi Dean,

    On 2022-05-13 23:29:15, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

    my netmail is listed as on "hold" and wondering who to contact to
    get th
    "hold" changed. i can't send netmail to request the change. thanks
    Name Dean Lodge
    Packet Type 2+
    Archive Type None
    Mail Status Hold
    Direct Yes
    Passive (paused) No
    Notifications Yes
    Remote AreaMgr Yes

    That looks like an areafix reply to your node.

    Netmail/email/echomail the sysop of the node you are linked with and
    ask him/her to change your status to direct or crash.

    thanks. since i cannot netmail them, i am trying email. sigh.
    Dean

    Why can't you netmail "them"?

    @PATH: 299/6 3634/12 154/10 280/464
    ^^^^^^^

    Mark Lewis his system is up and running.


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Dean Lodge@1:299/6 to Wilfred van Velzen on Monday, May 16, 2022 14:24:55
    Netmail/email/echomail the sysop of the node you are linked with and
    ask him/her to change your status to direct or crash.

    thanks. since i cannot netmail them, i am trying email. sigh.
    Dean

    Why can't you netmail "them"?

    I could netmail AreaFix, but with my mail on hold, I wasnt getting replies. All fixed now!

    Pweck's Retreat BBS - telnet: pwecksretreat.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat BBS (1:299/6)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Dean Lodge on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 20:19:44
    Re: Re: netmail hold
    By: Dean Lodge to Wilfred van Velzen on Mon May 16 2022 14:24:55


    I could netmail AreaFix, but with my mail on hold, I wasnt getting replies.

    you were getting replies... you just had to poll back to get them ;)

    All fixed now!

    yep!


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