diff --git a/core/fse.js b/core/fse.js
index 824704dc..51b8dc5c 100644
--- a/core/fse.js
+++ b/core/fse.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const stringFormat					= require('./string_format.js');
 const MessageAreaConfTempSwitcher	= require('./mod_mixins.js').MessageAreaConfTempSwitcher;
 const { isAnsi, cleanControlCodes, insert }	= require('./string_util.js');
 const Config						= require('./config.js').config;
+const { getAddressedToInfo } 		= require('./mail_util.js');
 
 //	deps
 const async							= require('async');
@@ -432,6 +433,18 @@ exports.FullScreenEditorModule = exports.getModule = class FullScreenEditorModul
 						return callback(null);
 					}
 
+					//
+					//	Detect if the user is attempting to send to a remote mail type that we support
+					//
+					//	:TODO: how to plug in support without tying to various types here? isSupportedExteranlType() or such
+					const addressedToInfo = getAddressedToInfo(self.message.toUserName);
+					if(addressedToInfo.name && Message.AddressFlavor.FTN === addressedToInfo.flavor) {
+						self.message.setRemoteToUser(addressedToInfo.remote);
+						self.message.setExternalFlavor(addressedToInfo.flavor);
+						self.message.toUserName = addressedToInfo.name;
+						return callback(null);
+					}
+
 					//	we need to look it up
 					User.getUserIdAndNameByLookup(self.message.toUserName, (err, toUserId) => {
 						if(err) {
diff --git a/core/oputil/oputil_message_base.js b/core/oputil/oputil_message_base.js
index b1c6673e..6e89cf73 100644
--- a/core/oputil/oputil_message_base.js
+++ b/core/oputil/oputil_message_base.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function areaFix() {
 					meta			: {
 						System		: {
 							[ Message.SystemMetaNames.RemoteToUser ]	: ftnAddr.toString(),			//	where to send it
-							[ Message.SystemMetaNames.ExternalFlavor ]	: Message.ExternalFlavors.FTN,	//	on FTN-style network
+							[ Message.SystemMetaNames.ExternalFlavor ]	: Message.AddressFlavor.FTN,	//	on FTN-style network
 						}
 					}
 				});
diff --git a/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js b/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
index 8b86e850..4285884e 100644
--- a/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
+++ b/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ function FTNMessageScanTossModule() {
 					message.areaTag = config.localAreaTag;
 
 					//	indicate this was imported from FTN
-					message.meta.System[Message.SystemMetaNames.ExternalFlavor] = Message.ExternalFlavors.FTN;
+					message.meta.System[Message.SystemMetaNames.ExternalFlavor] = Message.AddressFlavor.FTN;
 
 					//
 					//	If we *allow* dupes (disabled by default), then just generate
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ function FTNMessageScanTossModule() {
 				WHERE message_id = m.message_id
 					AND meta_category = 'System' 
 					AND meta_name = '${Message.SystemMetaNames.ExternalFlavor}'
-					AND meta_value = '${Message.ExternalFlavors.FTN}'
+					AND meta_value = '${Message.AddressFlavor.FTN}'
 				) = 1
 			ORDER BY message_id;
 			`;
@@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@ function FTNMessageScanTossModule() {
 	this.isNetMailMessage = function(message) {
 		return message.isPrivate() &&
 			null === _.get(message, 'meta.System.LocalToUserID', null) &&
-			Message.ExternalFlavors.FTN === _.get(message, 'meta.System.external_flavor', null)
+			Message.AddressFlavor.FTN === _.get(message, 'meta.System.external_flavor', null)
 			;
 	};
 }