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    From Roon@21:4/148 to All on Thu Aug 27 21:35:31 2026
    Hello All,

    i've created a small netmail2email gateway which you can use easily,
    just address a netmail to my system (21:4/148) and give the email
    address as the To field.

    Ex.:
    =====================================
    From: Roon
    To: sysop@roonsbbs.hu (21:4/148)
    Subj: Anything

    [...blabla...]
    =====================================

    i know that most of you can send emails easily, but for pure retro systems (like msdos/os2 systems) can be a help, to send yourself some stuff directly from the bbs. (daily logs, forwarding netmails to yourself, whatever...)

    and for the n3rdz: everything runs on native os/2, Weasel SMTP + NetMgr/2 + small REXX script between the two. its stable, but not recommended for life
    saving purposes ;)

    ByEbYe
    --
    Daniel

    telnet://bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 <<=-

    ... Uptime: 4d 7h 13m 38s
    --- GoldED/2 1.1.4.7+EMX
    * Origin: Roon's BBS - Budapest, HUNGARY (21:4/148)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Roon on Thu Aug 27 16:04:28 2026
    Hello All,

    i've created a small netmail2email gateway which you can use easily,
    just address a netmail to my system (21:4/148) and give the email
    address as the To field.

    That's cool Roon, thanks for the effort.. :)

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From slacker@21:3/193 to Roon on Sun Aug 30 23:50:02 2026
    i've created a small
    netmail2email gateway which you
    can use easily,
    just address a netmail to my
    system (21:4/148) and give the
    email
    address as the To field.

    Cool idea! I just tried a test out but I'm not sure how to get it to work.

    I'm currently using Deon's netmail API here on Hub 3 so perhaps the extra '@' are causing issues.

    my to field to the api looks like:
    "some_email@domain.com@21:4/148@fsxnet"

    I get a 200 buck but no msg id which leads me to think the hub's netmail api doesn't like the extra '@'.

    I'll have to try again later sending via a packet instead of through the api and see how that works.


    --- NE BBS v2.06 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)
  • From deon@21:2/116 to slacker on Mon Aug 31 12:02:24 2026
    Re: Re: netmail2email
    By: slacker to Roon on Sun Aug 30 2026 11:50 pm

    Howdy,

    my to field to the api looks like:
    "some_email@domain.com@21:4/148@fsxnet"

    Cool idea! I just tried a test out but I'm not sure how to get it to work.

    I'm currently using Deon's netmail API here on Hub 3 so perhaps the extra '@' are causing issues.

    Yup, it will be - too many @'s in there ...


    ...лоеп
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    * Origin: I'm playing with ANSI+videotex - wanna play too? (21:2/116)
  • From slacker@21:3/193 to deon on Tue Sep 1 00:50:54 2026
    Yup, it will be - too many @'s in
    there ...

    Thanks for the confirmation! Is the same true if I were to send it out via a packet instead?


    --- NE BBS v2.06 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)
  • From deon@21:2/116 to slacker on Tue Sep 1 13:53:06 2026
    Re: Re: netmail2email
    By: slacker to deon on Tue Sep 01 2026 12:50 am

    Howdy,

    Thanks for the confirmation! Is the same true if I were to send it out via a packet instead?

    No, but in a packet you are limited to 36 chars for the "to" field. The fido address is not in that 36, so as long as the rest fits, it should work.


    ...лоеп
    --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
    * Origin: I'm playing with ANSI+videotex - wanna play too? (21:2/116)