Subj : Squish discussion
To   : Bo Simonsen
From : Joe Davis
Date : Wed Jul 02 2003 09:46 pm


Hello Bo & all,  :)


 BS> Jun 30 10:34 03, andrew clarke wrote to Bo Simonsen:

 BS>>> Hmm.. my i thought all tossers set @Via on inter-transit netmail...

 ac>> I don't think they're technically required to.

 ac>> Another silly oversight in the world of FidoNet... :-)

 BS> Well it's just a problem for loop detection and things.


I've run into this on occasion myself, and it causes me great confusion.   
Especially when the inbound routed netmail has passed through a few systems on 
the way, the the "missing" system is right in the middle of the list.

I have a couple links that do it now.
I'd have to go review and re-read old mail to get it down pat again, but 
basically there is a way to cause the missing @Via line by doing some of the 
routing with Irex, instead of doing the routing with the tosser/scanner 
software. I think most tosser/scanner software would most likely place an @Via 
stamp on the mail.  

More on topic:   I use Squish, and do 99.99% of my routing with a route.cfg 
file in the Squish dir.  And good ol' Squish dutifully stamps an @Via line on 
routed netmail passing through.  :)  


                                                    .....Joe


  

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