Subj : FMail-lnx32-2.1.0.18-Beta20170905 netmail Pack
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Wed Jan 10 2018 12:25 pm

Hi! Wilfred,

A funny thing happened yesterday.  I finally tested FMail's "ping" function, 
from my other point...

> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Processing 87479A7C.PKT from 3:640/384 to
> 3:640/1384
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Pkt info: FastEcho 1.46, Type 2+, 415,
> 2018-01-09 08:51:06, Pwd, Sec
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Processed PING request message from
> 3:640/384.125 to 3:640/1384
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Deleted: /opt/ftn/fido/inbound/87479A7C.PKT

That worked beautifully.  OTOH, the pack manager's handling of FMAil's response 
caught me by surprise, with...

> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  FMail-lnx32-2.1.0.18-Beta20170905 - Pack -C
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Warning: Node 3:640/384.125 is not defined in
> the node manager
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Message #1 : 3:640/1384 -> 3:640/384.125
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Create
> /opt/ftn/fido/outbound/02800180.pnt/0000007d.flo
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Sending new mail from 3:640/1384 to
> 3:640/384.125
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Netmail: 1,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase:
> 0
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
> 09 Jan 18 09:03:21 FMAIL  Pack Active: 0.0062 sec.

Since I didn't have a 'node' setting in binkD for the point, it meant the mail 
packet just got hung up (the default binkD ~binkp.net addressing wouldn't work 
as it's a point, and therefore not available from the WAN side).

To my way of thinking it shouldn't have happened.  The pack manager's routing 
is defined as...

  9.   3:640/* via 3:640/384
 10.   1:* 2:* 3:* 4:* 5:* 6:* via 3:640/384

(The other 8 entries deal with other zones & regions.)

So, I'm wondering what I might need to add to the routing table in the event of 
further "ping" queries, especially from other 'unknown' nodes?  Did the "Pack 
-C" statement have any bearing?

Do you have time to help, please?

Cheers,
Paul.

.... Bad command.  Bad, bad command!  Sit!  Stay!  Staaay...
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20110213
 * Origin: Quinn's Rock - Live from Paul's Xubuntu desktop! (3:640/1384)

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