Hello All.

I've go GoldEd and Synchronet running great on the message bases, except on the E-Mail side. Is there a way to configure Golded to read the E-mail under SBBS?

Thanks,
Rick V


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Hey Rick!

On Fri, Apr 18 2025 11:22:48 -0500, you wrote:

I've go GoldEd and Synchronet running great on the message bases,
except on the E-Mail side. Is there a way to configure Golded to
read the E-mail under SBBS?

Yes sir. Use the AREADEF keyword to point directly to mail.shd in your data directory.

While reading it definitely works, I'm still in the process of testing writing to it, I just haven't gotten to it recently. It's been a busy week recertifying and going to safety meetings. :/

Setting it up as a netmail area in Golded didn't seem to work right, so I'm wondering if you just set it up as 'local' and let Synchronet do what it needs to do with the message.

If you give it a go, let me know how it goes..

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Golded & Synchronet E-Mail
By: Nick Boel to Rick V on Fri Apr 18 2025 18:07:56

Yes sir. Use the AREADEF keyword to point directly to mail.shd in your data directory.

While reading it definitely works, I'm still in the process of testing writing to it, I just haven't gotten to it recently. It's been a busy week recertifying and going to safety meetings. :/

Setting it up as a netmail area in Golded didn't seem to work right, so I'm wondering if you just set it up as 'local' and let Synchronet do what it needs to do with the message.

Do you know what messagebase format the .shd file are? I've tried JAM and OPUS, but no luck reading.

Rick V
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Hey Rick!

On Sat, Apr 19 2025 06:35:30 -0500, you wrote:

Do you know what messagebase format the .shd file are? I've tried
JAM and OPUS, but no luck reading.

Not sure if it's documented or not, but the format you use is "SMB". So here I'm currently using:

areadef SYNCMAIL "Synchronet Mail" <group> local SMB /path/to/sbbs/data/mail

If you're currently using mail.ini, then "<group>" can probably just be 0 (or make a new group for it so it can be displayed first using the "AREALISTSORT" keyword). I'm not using mail.ini, but instead am including a file using the "AREADEF" keyword for every area. I have multiple groups configured for each network so I can display them in the order I want them.

As I said before, I've tried "net" instead of local, and writing to that area wasn't working properly. You can try "local" or "echo" and see if either of them work for writing to it, as I haven't tested those thoroughly yet. I was hoping "local" might work, because it doesn't add anything extra to the message that could confuse Synchronet, and Synchronet itself should know that that is an email/netmail area already, so would/should know how to handle the message without Golded's help or additions.

I just don't know the answer to that yet. If none of those options work, then it may have to be filed as a bug, needing more attention. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Hello, Nick Boel.
On 19/04/2025 14.15 you wrote:

Hey Rick! On Sat, Apr 19 2025 06:35:30 -0500, you
wrote:

Do you know what messagebase format the .shd
file are? I've tried JAM and OPUS, but no luck
reading.

Not sure if it's documented or not, but the
format you use is "SMB". So here I'm currently
using: areadef SYNCMAIL "Synchronet Mail" <group>
local SMB /path/to/sbbs/data/mail If you're
currently using mail.ini, then "<group>" can
probably just be 0 (or make a new group for it so
it can be displayed first using the
"AREALISTSORT" keyword). I'm not using mail.ini,
but instead am including a file using the
"AREADEF" keyword for every area. I have multiple
groups configured for each network so I can
display them in the order I want them. As I said
before, I've tried "net" instead of local, and
writing to that area wasn't working properly. You
can try "local" or "echo" and see if either of
them work for writing to it, as I haven't tested
those thoroughly yet. I was hoping "local" might
work, because it doesn't add anything extra to
the message that could confuse Synchronet, and
Synchronet itself should know that that is an
email/netmail area already, so would/should know
how to handle the message without Golded's help
or additions. I just don't know the answer to
that yet. If none of those options work, then it
may have to be filed as a bug, needing more
attention. ;)

I don't know synchronet, but I'd test the keyword AREAISEMAIL in GoldED.


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Hey Tommi!

On Sat, Apr 19 2025 15:03:08 -0500, you wrote:

I don't know synchronet, but I'd test the keyword AREAISEMAIL in GoldED.

Thanks for the heads up. I may give that a shot if just setting the area to local doesn't work (so far I haven't had any issue, but that is only testing local BBS email so far).

I'm going to assume beforehand, that it might cause the same issues I saw when setting this area as a netmail area.. but it may be worth a try.

This "mail" area for Synchronet covers BBS email, actual email, and FTN netmail.. all in one area. I have a feeling the best option is to not mess with it as far as external Golded settings/injections are concerned, and leave it up to Synchronet to know what to do with any messages written there.

We'll see.

Regards,
Nick

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