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    From Fr333n3rgy@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 21:58:30 2022
    Is it normal for nslookup to fail for fxnet?

    nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

    ** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz NXDOMAIN

    It seems when I try to send a netmail out it synchronet chokes because the lookup fails ...

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Fr333n3rgy on Tue Jan 18 22:26:52 2022
    Re: nslookup failure
    By: Fr333n3rgy to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:58 pm

    Is it normal for nslookup to fail for fxnet?

    nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

    ** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz NXDOMAIN

    Yes, fsxNet does not support DNS-based node look-ups.

    It seems when I try to send a netmail out it synchronet chokes because the lookup fails ...

    The init-fidonet.js script (you said you ran that, right?) should have added something like the following to your ctrl/sbbsecho.ini file automatically:

    [node:21:1/100@fsxnet]
    Name = Paul Hayton (Avon)
    Comment = fsxNet Hub
    ...
    GroupHub = fsxNet
    BinkpHost = agency.bbs.nz
    BinkpPort = 24556

    Did it not do that?

    That "BinkpHost" setting would cause the mailer (BinkIT, most likely) to contact to *that* hostname and not f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz, when attempting to perform a BinkP connection with 21:1/100.
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Fr333n3rgy on Wed Jan 19 10:04:54 2022

    On 2022 Jan 18 21:58:30, you wrote to Digital Man:

    nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

    the proper domain is fsxnet ;)

    but i note that apparenetly they are not doing the fnz domain lookups any more... they used to... i don't know when or why they stopped...

    /me heads off to make some configuration changes to remove this option :(

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  • From Fr333n3rgy@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Wed Jan 19 09:57:18 2022
    Hi Rob,
    It did add that part see below


    [node:21:1/100@fsxnet]
    Name = Paul Hayton
    Comment = avon@bbs.nz
    Archive = None
    PacketType = 2+
    PacketPwd =
    AreaFix = true
    AreaFixPwd = (retracted)
    SessionPwd = (retracted)
    TicFilePwd = (retracted)
    Inbox =
    Outbox =
    Passive = false
    Direct = false
    Notify = false
    Keys =
    Status = Normal
    GroupHub = fsxNet
    BinkpHost = agency.bbs.nz
    BinkpPort = 24556
    BinkpPoll = true
    BinkpPlainAuthOnly = false
    BinkpAllowPlainAuth = false
    BinkpAllowPlainText = true
    BinkpTLS = false
    BinkpSourceAddress =

    [echolist:/sbbs/ctrl/FSXNET.NA]
    Hub = 21:1/100
    AreaMgr = AreaFix
    Pwd = (retracted)
    Fwd = false
    Keys =

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Fr333n3rgy on Wed Jan 19 11:58:31 2022
    Re: nslookup failure
    By: Fr333n3rgy to Digital Man on Wed Jan 19 2022 09:57 am

    Hi Rob,
    It did add that part see below


    [node:21:1/100@fsxnet]
    Name = Paul Hayton
    Comment = avon@bbs.nz
    Archive = None
    PacketType = 2+
    PacketPwd =
    AreaFix = true
    AreaFixPwd = (retracted)
    SessionPwd = (retracted)
    TicFilePwd = (retracted)
    Inbox =
    Outbox =
    Passive = false
    Direct = false
    Notify = false
    Keys =
    Status = Normal
    GroupHub = fsxNet
    BinkpHost = agency.bbs.nz
    BinkpPort = 24556
    BinkpPoll = true
    BinkpPlainAuthOnly = false
    BinkpAllowPlainAuth = false
    BinkpAllowPlainText = true
    BinkpTLS = false
    BinkpSourceAddress =

    [echolist:/sbbs/ctrl/FSXNET.NA]
    Hub = 21:1/100
    AreaMgr = AreaFix
    Pwd = (retracted)
    Fwd = false
    Keys =

    Okay, good, so the problem was that you mistyped a netmail address as 21:100/1 instead of 21:1/100?
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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to mark lewis on Fri Jan 21 10:53:00 2022
    On 01-19-22 10:04, mark lewis wrote to Fr333n3rgy <=-

    On 2022 Jan 18 21:58:30, you wrote to Digital Man:

    nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

    the proper domain is fsxnet ;)

    but i note that apparenetly they are not doing the fnz domain lookups
    any more... they used to... i don't know when or why they stopped...

    I haven't heard anything. Check with Avon (Paul).


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Tony Langdon on Fri Jan 21 11:23:32 2022

    On 2022 Jan 21 10:53:00, you wrote to me:

    nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

    the proper domain is fsxnet ;)

    but i note that apparenetly they are not doing the fnz domain lookups
    any more... they used to... i don't know when or why they stopped...

    I haven't heard anything. Check with Avon (Paul).

    i hadn't heard anything, either, but i'm not in fsxnet and haven't really been paying attention to my BBS in the last year or two for various reasons... i saw DM mentioned it the other day and my tests doing fnz conversion of random fsxnet addresses and attempting to look them up on fsxnet.nz failed... eg: the following lookup for 21:1/100@fsxnet


    $ nslookup f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz
    Server: 192.168.42.1
    Address: 192.168.42.1#53

    ** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz: NXDOMAIN


    i don't find anything obvious in the HISTORY.TXT file about discontinuing the fnz conversion lookups, either... not a big deal, though... i simply removed the entry from my binkd-networks.conf file so my binkd won't attempt fnz conversions and lookups for any fsxnet systems...

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to mark lewis on Sun Jan 23 06:52:00 2022
    On 01-21-22 11:23, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    I haven't heard anything. Check with Avon (Paul).

    i hadn't heard anything, either, but i'm not in fsxnet and haven't
    really been paying attention to my BBS in the last year or two for
    various reasons... i saw DM mentioned it the other day and my tests
    doing fnz conversion of random fsxnet addresses and attempting to look them up on fsxnet.nz failed... eg: the following lookup for 21:1/100@fsxnet


    $ nslookup f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz
    Server: 192.168.42.1
    Address: 192.168.42.1#53

    ** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz: NXDOMAIN

    I tried the same thing, got the same result. Double checked against my own FTN subdomain, which works, just to eliminate user error as a probable cause. :)


    i don't find anything obvious in the HISTORY.TXT file about
    discontinuing the fnz conversion lookups, either... not a big deal, though... i simply removed the entry from my binkd-networks.conf file
    so my binkd won't attempt fnz conversions and lookups for any fsxnet systems...

    If I remember, I might ask Paul. :)



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