Subj : binkd.conf has changed??
To   : Alan Ianson
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Aug 03 2016 08:22 pm


03 Aug 16 16:38, you wrote to me:

 ml>> that was a regurge from Jan 2002 ;)

 AI> Really!? It arrived here with todays date and a time of 10:08 this 
morning.

yeah... it arrived here with the original date and wilfred saw it, too...

[quote=wilfred]
On 2002-01-17 11:30:00, James Barrett wrote to All:
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  about: "binkd.conf has changed??":
[/quote]

 ml>> apparently there's a system in your feed line that is ""fixing"" what
 ml>> it considers to be "too old" or "invalid" dates...

 AI> That may be. I have a different feed line here than fidotest.

that's the only real way i know of for messages' dates to be changed... the 
tool is known as PKTDATE...


 y2ktool5.zip   370k 01-14-00    Fido Year 2000 Tools Rel. 5 by Tobias Ernst
                                 ===========================================
                                 PKTDATE  1.4  is a program that can analyse
                                 PKT files for structural errors that result
                                 from year 2000 related bugs in the creating
                                 software and automatically  fix such broken
                                 PKT files.  It is intended for use  at  hub
                                 level in the Fidonet distribution structure
                                 in  order  to  alleviate the effects of the
                                 year 2000 problem  on  the smooth operation
                                 of Fidonet.  Also included  are  a  general
                                 information  text  on the year 2000 problem
                                 in Fidonet,  and  tools  for analysing MSG,
                                 JAM  and   Squish   message   base   files.
                                 Includes  OS/2, Win32, DOS, Linux and Amiga
                                 binaries and source.  Unzip with -d option!
                                 = Jetzt auch mit Deutscher Dokumentation! =


there may be a newer version available, though... my main system uses it but i 
do not have it fix the dates any more... only report...

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