Subj : Re: Newslink Path kludge
To   : Digital Man
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Tue Nov 07 2017 06:25 am

-=> Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

 DM>   Re: Newslink Path kludge
 DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to All on Sat Sep 05 2015 09:50 am

 > Not really sure who this goes to but...
 >
 > I was wondering on all imported newsgroup messages, the PATH be erased so
 > the likes of this:
 >
 >
 > Path buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!n ntp.gig
 > anews.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.da
 > temas.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-sep
 > temb
 > er.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
 >
 >
 > will not appear if it is echoed into an FTN style network.

 DM> It should normally "appear" as it would be exported as a kludge line
 DM> (not normally visible to users reading messages). Is it a problem?

I agree, but if portig it to FTN, it get passed along downstream rather than
just net/node #'s.


 > It could be a toggle in the newslink.cfg file...

 DM> Okay. I'm not sure why one would need it, but I've added it (in
 DM> newslink.js rev1.106). Just put "no_path" in your newslink.cfg file and
 DM> it'll remove the "Path" header fields from imported messages.

Thank you sir!!




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