Subj : Re: Test message: High AS
To   : Michael Luko
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Tue Nov 27 2018 10:35:30

Michael wrote:
M> -> Oddly enough, I've had no more bad packets since Nov 9th. I'll still
M> -> keep an eye on things.
M> 
M> Just one note from my recent log this after noon got remote dropped
M> connection. I have't seen and errors from my tosser:

I don't think a dropped connection would have done it since the corruption
was a NULL right in the middle of one of several messages in the packet
which was otherwise complete.

  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] rcvd msg FILE E89E4EFF.FR0 11770 1541741406 0
  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] file not found, trying to create a tmpname
- 09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] receiving E89E4EFF.FR0 (11770 byte(s), off 0)
  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] rate for E89E4EFF.FR0 is unlimited
  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] nothing to do with filename case
+ 09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] E89E4EFF.FR0 -> /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/E89E4EFF.FR0
  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] unlinked `/sbbs/fido/incomplete/cd1cdc6b.hr'
  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] got *.fr?, delayed creating /sbbs/data/fidoin.now
  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] got *.FR?, delayed creating /sbbs/data/fidoin.now
+ 09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] rcvd: E89E4EFF.FR0 (11770, 11770.00 CPS,
1:266/512@fidonet)
  09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] send message GOT E89E4EFF.FR0 11770 1541741406
+ 09 Nov 01:26:03 [26588] done (from 1:266/512@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1
(0/11770 bytes))

So the packet gets delivered ok...

2018-11-09 01:26:07 Unpacking bundle: /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/E89E4EFF.FR0
(11.5KB)
2018-11-09 01:26:07 Executing: unzip -ojC /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/E89E4EFF.FR0
-d /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/
2018-11-09 01:26:07 Deleting /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/E89E4EFF.FR0 (from line
2730)
2018-11-09 01:26:07 Importing /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/09003009.PKT (Type 2e,
28.0KB) from 454:1/1 to 454:1/5016
2018-11-09 01:26:07 IL_CHIT-CHAT: Failed to parse Origin Line in message
from Nancy Backus (454:1/1) in packet from 454:1/1:
/sbbs/fido/inbsecure/09003009.PKT
2018-11-09 01:26:07 Grunged message (type 2573) from 454:1/1 at offset 12239
in packet: /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/09003009.PKT
2018-11-09 01:26:07 Bad packet detected: /sbbs/fido/inbsecure/09003009.PKT

And here we see the badness happen. 

Very odd.

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