Subj : Foreign Address question
To   : RickV
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Jan 29 2026 01:41 pm

  Re: Foreign Address question
  By: RickV to All on Thu Jan 29 2026 10:33 am

 > Hello everybody!
 >
 > When I send any fidonet mail, I get this "Foreign address" entry in my
 > sbbsecho.log. I know it must be a setting of mine, but I can't figure it
 > out, can some one point me in the right direction?
 >
 > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/4.msg RickV (618:200/12) To: areafix
 > (618:200/1) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address
 > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/7.msg RickV (21:1/206) To: sysop
 > (21:1/100) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address
 > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/8.msg RickV (46:10/115) To: sysop
 > (46:1/156) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address
 > 2026-01-29 10:29:38 /sbbs/fido/netmail/9.msg RickV (46:10/115) To: sysop
 > (46:1/156) Attr: 0109 (PRIVATE, SENT, LOCAL) Foreign address

Looks normal, except "SENT" netmail is normally (by default) deleted by SBBSecho. Sounds like you might have echocfg->NetMail->Delete Processed NetMail set to "No".
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