Subj : Problem with legacy tosser (Squish) and Sync's MSGID
To   : Marc Lewis
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Nov 30 2020 20:04:05

  Re: Problem with legacy tosser (Squish) and Sync's MSGID
  By: Marc Lewis to Rob Swintell on Mon Nov 30 2020 09:35 pm

 > Hello Rob.
 >
 > Of late, my old Squish tosser (OS/2) is having an insurmountable problem
 > with NetMails containing data other than the Node number and the time/date
 > code. Here is an example:
 >
 > -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
 > Date : Thu Nov 12, 16:04     25                                    pvt rcv
 > From : Nigel Reed                                 7205:124/5016
 > To   : areafix                                    7205:396/45
 > Subj : xxxxxxxx ============================================================
 > =================== =
 > TZUTC: -0600
 > MSGID: 7205@1:124/5016 24130381
 >
 > -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
 >
 > That apparent message number followed by the @ symbol in the MSGID line
 > completely throws Squish for a loop as far as the Zone number is concerned.
 > Both the from and to address are Zone 1 addresses but for some reason Squish
 > cannot fathom the xxxx@ in the MSGID line.
 >
 > Is there anything that can be done to correct this? Maybe omitting the
 > apparent message number or some kind of spacing? I am not any kind of
 > programmer so I cannot give any suggestions. I can only say that it is ONLY
 > messages coming from a Synchronet system that causes this problem and ONLY
 > when it is NetMail. Echomail is unaffected apparently.
 >
 > I am at a complete loss.  Your help will be very much appreciated!

It sounds like Squish is trying to parse the source address from the MSGID? It definitely should not be doing that. Squish is open source, do you have the means to recompile it if somewhere were to supply a source code fix/patch for it?
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