Subj : Re: Newslink Path kludge
To   : Digital Man
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Mon Nov 06 2017 20:25:55

-=> Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

 DM>   Re: Re: Newslink Path kludge
 DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to Digital Man on Tue Sep 08 2015 12:15 am

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
 >
 >  DM>   Re: Newslink Path kludge
 >  DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to All on Sat Sep 05 2015 09:50 am
 >
 >  > Not really sure who this goes to but...
 >
 >  > I was wondering on all imported newsgroup messages, the PATH be erased so
 >  > the likes of this:
 >
 >
 >  > Path buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!n
 >  > ntp.gig
 >  > anews.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.da
 >  > temas.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-
 >  > sep temb
 >  > er.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
 >
 >
 >  > will not appear if it is echoed into an FTN style network.
 >
 >  DM> It should normally "appear" as it would be exported as a kludge line
 >  DM> (not normally visible to users reading messages). Is it a problem?
 >
 > I agree, but if portig it to FTN, it get passed along downstream rather than
 > just net/node #'s.

 DM> It shouldn't. What exactly are you seeing? The FidoNet PATH field and
 DM> any NNTP path headers would be stored separately and one would not be
 DM> confused with the other. I'm looking at the SBBSecho source code and
 DM> I'm seeing a way for the NNTP path header field to get exported to FTN.
 DM> Please provide more details.

I am having my down links check older messages to see if the Path statement is
as above. I made the change with the new newslink.js and added the NO_PATH
statement and it seems to ahve deleted ALL the Path statements in each sub
rather than just the new incoming.... which is fine.  

 >  > It could be a toggle in the newslink.cfg file...
 >
 >  DM> Okay. I'm not sure why one would need it, but I've added it (in
 >  DM> newslink.js rev1.106). Just put "no_path" in your newslink.cfg file and
 >  DM> it'll remove the "Path" header fields from imported messages.
 >
 > Thank you sir!!

 DM> It shouldn't make any difference at all any FTN-exported mail, so I'm
 DM> really curious what it is you're trying to change. Thanks,

I will soon find out and let you know... :)


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