Subj : hpt long subjects and bad packets
To   : Zhenja Kaliuta
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sat Jan 11 2020 09:53:00

10 Jan 20 21:48, Zhenja Kaliuta wrote to Michael Dukelsky:

 ZK>>> In case of subject longer then allowed 71 + NUL bytes HPT send the
 ZK>>> whole PKT with the incorrect message to bads.

 ZK>>> Would it be more practical to be more error tolerant and just cut
 ZK>>> it to the allowed limit, or it's considered as modification of
 ZK>>> messages and forbidden by some document?

 MD>> Fidonet Policy v.4.07

 MD>> ========= Here the quote begins ===========
 MD>> 2.1.5  No Alteration of Routed Mail

 MD>> You may not modify, other than as required for routing or other technical
 MD>> purposes, any message, netmail or echomail, passing through the system
 MD>> from one FidoNet node to another.
 MD>> ========= Here it ends =============

 ZK> Isn't it an "other technical purpose"? ;)

It depends who you ask. ;)

I made a quick test: I set my terminal to 132x45 and entered a message to JAM 
base with GoldED with subject of 100 chars. It stayed there until "hpt scan" 
when it was cut to 72 chars. However this happened in my msgbase, not in 
transit mail.

So it would be best to fix fidogate (?) not to send out illegal pkt's.

'Tommi

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