Subj : Re: Inactive uplinks
To   : Martin Foster
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Tue Jan 10 2023 03:28:39

//Hello Martin,//

on *23.12.22* at *11:33:27* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"Inactive uplinks"*.

 MF> Hello Tim!

 MF> Pressed F12, clicked the "Uplinks" Tab, selected an uplink, clicked the
 MF> "Properties" button and then clicked the "Inactive" radio button. Then
 MF> clicked on the "Inactive" uplink in the "Poll" button pulldown and much
 MF> to my surprise, WinPoint polled the "Inactive" uplink. Looking at the
 MF> logfile for the session, I note that a "non-secure" session was
 MF> established. Hmmmmm, I don't see the point in polling an "Inactive"
 MF> uplink, perhaps I'm missing something?

Jup.

You poll a system, not an uplink. A system is just a BBS you can call. So when the uplink is disabled, no mail is exported for the uplink (among other things) and when you poll the system respective AKA for that particular uplink is not presented and no mail is sent. That is the intended behaviour. So enssentially disabling an uplink is meant to stop WinPoint from sending an mail using that network address.

Regards,
Tim

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