Subj : Netmail Point
To   : mark lewis
From : Rick Smith
Date : Wed Apr 22 2020 13:34:42

Greetings mark!

22 Apr 20 15:09, you wrote to Kai Richter about an urgent matter!:

 ml>   Re: Netmail Point
 ml>   By: Kai Richter to Rick Smith on Wed Apr 22 2020 19:43:26


 RS>>>  Import from c:\mystic\echomail\in\unsecure\
 RS>>> ! Apr 21 06:10:10    9db62811.pkt does not match an AKA
 RS>>> (1:340/202.1

 KR>> Looks like 202 does not know that it has a point 202.1 .

 ml> the error is my fault... the packet was sent from my system by
 ml> manually renaming it in the BSO to the boss node's address instead of
 ml> properly unpacking it and repacking it with the proper destination
 ml> address in the PKT header... i could also have used a hex editor on it
 ml> to fix the PKT destination address... sadly, i didn't think about
 ml> that...

 ml> the reason i renamed it manually is because the message arrived here
 ml> with the crash bit set and due to a bug in the tosser i use, it tried
 ml> to follow the crash bit directions which were to pack the message
 ml> directly to the destination system... since the destination system is
 ml> a point system and my system has no idea about the connection details
 ml> for it, the packet and messages inside were stuck in my BSO... there
 ml> is a reason BSO is also known as a blackhole ;)

 ml> so we got with the maintainer of the tosser and looked at what was
 ml> happening... originally we were concerned about something being broken
 ml> in the routing capabilities... then we discovered the crash bit and
 ml> switched directions... now the tosser properly strips crash, hold, and
 ml> local bits on incoming netmail so it can properly apply routing when
 ml> needed...

 ml> FWIW: instead of manually renaming or doing the unpack/repack dance, i
 ml> could just as easily of asked the destination point system to simply
 ml> poll here and pick it up themselves... hind sight, 20/20, and all
 ml> that...

I wish I had the appitude to understand one bit of that, but it certainly appears you do thankfully. Does this mean things should work normally now?  Ive stopped posting about it so that I wouldnt annoy anyone further.


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Regards,

Rick // (Nitro)

.... BBSing at least keeps SOME drunks off the street.
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 * Origin:  ----> Abacus Sysop Point  (1:340/202.1)

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