Subj : Re: Beginner's Guide to Women: (For Men Who Don't Read Instructions)
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Dec 21 2021 15:42:33

Hi Maurice,

On 2021-12-20 22:37:57, you wrote to Red Green:

 MK> The last test is broken due to noncompliance; no support for type 2
 MK> headers which is still the standard.

I don't know if you are refering to the test to my system, but in that case you are wrong!

Type 2 pkt headers only contain 3D fidonet address information, so no point numbers. If you send a pkt 2 header as point with your regular point address that won't work because this happens:

+ 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] incoming session with h184-69-24-227.sbm.shawcable.net [184.69.24.227]
- 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] SYS Little Mikey's EuroPoint
- 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] ZYZ Maurice Kinal
- 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] LOC Ladysmith, BC Canada
- 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
- 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] TIME Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:51:56 +0000
- 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] VER binkd/1.1a-95/Linux binkp/1.1
+ 20 Dec 22:51:56 [22526] addr: 2:280/464.113@fidonet
+ 20 Dec 22:51:57 [22526] Remote has 0b of mail and 643b of files for us
- 20 Dec 22:51:57 [22526] receiving 61c0fa9b.pkt (643 byte(s), off 0)
+ 20 Dec 22:51:57 [22526] rcvd: 61c0fa9b.pkt (643, 643.00 CPS, 2:280/464.113@fidonet)
+ 20 Dec 22:51:57 [22526] done (from 2:280/464.113@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1 (0/643 bytes))

------------  Mon 2021-12-20, FMail-lnx64-2.1.0.18-Beta20170815
22:51:57.846  Toss
22:51:57.850  Received password "*********" from node 280/464, expected "*********"
22:51:57.850  Packet password security violation; packet file: /home/fido/inbound/61c0fa9b.pkt is renamed with extension: '.wrong_password'

That's why fakenet's exist in tossers configurations, to handle pkts to and from "Stone Age" software...


Bye, Wilfred.

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 * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)

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