Subj : PATH kludge on exported echomail
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Feb 03 2022 11:08:52

  Re: PATH kludge on exported echomail
  By: deon to Digital Man on Thu Feb 03 2022 04:47 pm

 >   Re: PATH kludge on exported echomail
 >   By: Digital Man to deon on Wed Feb 02 2022 07:18 pm
 >
 > Hey DM,
 >
 >  >  > So I caught the packet that I export - and indeed I do not have a PATH
 >  >  > kludge on the exported mail.
 >
 >  > Is it being exported to a foreign zone?
 >
 >  >  > Is it a setting I have?
 >
 >  > Most likely. Check that ZoneBlind = true in your sbbsecho.ini file if you
 >  > want your PATH and SEEN-BY lines to retain addresses when crossing zone
 >  > boundaries.
 >
 >  > You probably also want to set ZoneBlindThreshold = 4 (4 zones in
 >  > FidoNet).
 >
 > Thanks - Indeed, I had ZoneBlind = false, and ZoneBlindThreshold = 65535.
 >
 > So this has raised a couple of questions:
 >
 > * Does zoneblind=true result in the PATH being scrubbed when a message is
 > being exported to another zone?

I'm not sure what you mean by "scrubbbed" in this context. The PATH lines will be *retained* even when crossing zone boundaries when zoneblind=true and the zones in question are both <= ZoneBlindThreshold
http://wiki.synchro.net/config:sbbsecho.ini

 > * (I assume the above is yes) - is the SEEN-BY scrubbed as well ? (my
 > address *was* in the SEEN-BY, but I guess that makes sense, so the (foreign
 > zone) system I'm exporting too doesnt send the message back to me?)

When *not* zone-blind, SEEN-BYs and PATH lines are removed from messages crossing zone boundaries.

 > * When you scrub the PATH, do you add any other kludges to show that the
 > scrubbing occured by me? (I've seen others with zonegating software create a
 > GATE kludge that I guess could indicate which system the message was gated
 > through (and thus that system reset the PATH/SEEN-BY kludges).

No. And again, not really sure what you mean by "scrub" here. You mean remove/delete?
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