Subj : Re: Foreign Address question
To   : Digital Man
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Jan 29 2026 07:40 pm

-=> Digital Man wrote to RickV <=-

 > 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

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

DM, but what about the "Foreign address" part?  What does that actually 
mean?

I am seeing this too and don't recall it in the past.  I pay pretty 
close attention to FTN logs.




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