Subj : hopefully the truth is out there as it sure as hell ain't here
To   : Little Mikey
From : mark lewis
Date : Sun Apr 22 2018 09:26:52

 On 2018 Apr 21 00:18:12, you wrote to me:

 LM> Attention mark,

 LM> A netmail was sent to the uplink 1:153/7715 and it was accepted by that
 LM> node.  So far no reply.

a netmail to whom? me? i haven't seen it...

 LM> Also posted to ASIAN_LINK and sent via 1:153/7715 two fts-0001.016
 LM> compliant packed messages - one with a so-called Type 2+ header, the 
second
 LM> with an fts-0001.016 compliant pktheader - in seperate pkts of course.
 LM> Both were accepted but their status beyond that is unknown.

ok, i've not seen either one here...

 LM> The first (MSGID: 1:153/7001 5ada6628) is posted to "Doctor Flexy
 LM> Jerkoff" with the subject "jumpin' jack flash".  It is the Type 2+
 LM> pktheader which has always worked to the node in question before this
 LM> latest breakage.

 LM> The second (MSGID: 1:153/7001 5ada6f1d) is posted to "Ming the
 LM> Merciless" with the subject "Pathetic earthlings."  It probably will
 LM> end up in the uplink's bad area since regular fts-0001.016 pktheaders
 LM> have never worked there in the past and there is no reason known to
 LM> 1:153/7001 that it will succeed in being seen beyond 1:153/7715.

if it ends up in the bad area, that's generally because the sending node is not 
connected to the area in question... have you tried talking to 7715's areafix 
and making sure you are connected to the area??

 LM> I've also tried Type 2.2 pktheaders and they also worked to that node
 LM> but did not send a packed message using that pktheader format this
 LM> time. It was one of the few nodes where Type 2.2 pktheaders actually
 LM> worked.

there may be a setting in that sqafix thing that determines which PKT types are 
recognized... it may be a general setting for all systems or it may be a 
per-node setting...

 LM> There are backups of the two packed ASIAN_LINK MSGs if you, or anyone,
 LM> in this echo requests them to the working fts-0001.016 compliant
 LM> uplink which would reveal itself in the PATH at the bottom of this
 LM> officially sanctioned, fts-0001.016 compliant packed MSG.

if you would like to send them over in a plain zip file, i would be happy to 
look them over...

 LM> Thank you in advance for you kind attention in this most sensitive
 LM> matter.

hehehehehe

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it 
wrong...
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