Subj : Re: Packet passwords
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Sat May 28 2016 05:50 am


Hi,
 
NB> On 25 May 16 18:10, Roger Nelson wrote to Nicholas Boel:
 
NB>NB>> RN> Sorry.  I must have missed your postings.  What did you offer,
NB>NB>> if you don't mind restating again?
 
NB> By the way, I just ran into another DB user that *just now* got the
NB> issue, even though we've been transferring echomail/netmail packets as
NB> well as door game packets for quite some time.
 
NB> While I have limited ways to look at this unless I load DB up in dosemu,
NB> I suppose it's easy enough to ask. Is there by chance a "Session
NB> password" setting in the echomail section of DB's config as well as a
NB> "Session password" setting in the BinkD config section?
 
The packet password setting is in Packet/mail control, while the session 
password setting is in another section under Security settings.  Both areas are 
accesible from the main screen via the Esc key for the pull-down menus.
 
NB> Reason I ask, is because when I noticed his mail (and even door game
NB> packets) coming in with a packet password just starting yesterday or
NB> today, I asked the guy "Did you recently change something?" He only
NB> responded with "I noticed your system was looking for a session password,
NB> so I added one". This is all in light of everything working just fine
NB> before he added it.
 
I wish I knew the answer to that.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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