Subj : qwkpoll issues To : g00r00 From : Lance Vavricka Date : Mon Nov 23 2020 02:54 pm I'm having a problem getting a QWK packet probably 98% of the time. There were reports of others having this issue as well but they upgraded to A46 which claims to have resolved their problem, I don't know if they ever upgraded to A47 like I have, this was posted on fsxNet. Below are from logs and other output, it is also at https://pastebin.com/B3mkEELv if that is easier to read. [Mystic] unable to open data connection, doesn't get the qwk packet: Nov 23 11:02:02 QWKPOLL Startup (v1.12 A47 Linux/64 Compiled 2020/10/23 21:23:46) Nov 23 11:02:02 Exchanging Mail for DOVE-Net Nov 23 11:02:02 Exported @athel.rep -> 0 msgs Nov 23 11:02:02 Connecting via FTP to athel.synchro.net Nov 23 11:02:03 R:220-Athelstan BBS (athelstan.org) Nov 23 11:02:03 Connected Nov 23 11:02:03 Local IP is 138.124.183.99 Nov 23 11:02:03 S:USER DESTINY Nov 23 11:02:03 R:331 User name okay, need password. Nov 23 11:02:03 S:PASS Nov 23 11:02:03 R:230-DESTINY logged in. Nov 23 11:02:03 S:TYPE I Nov 23 11:02:03 R:200 All files sent in BINARY mode. Nov 23 11:02:03 S:MODE S Nov 23 11:02:03 R:200 STREAM mode. Nov 23 11:02:03 Logged in as DESTINY Nov 23 11:02:03 Downloading QWK packet Nov 23 11:02:03 S:PASV Nov 23 11:02:03 R:227 Entering Passive Mode (107,161,31,121,4,0) Nov 23 11:02:03 S:RETR athel.qwk Nov 23 11:02:13 Unable to open data connection It does work sometimes, here's the last time it did and what the qwkpoll.log looks like: Nov 23 00:31:20 QWKPOLL Startup (v1.12 A47 Linux/64 Compiled 2020/10/23 21:23:4> Nov 23 00:31:20 Exchanging Mail for DOVE-Net Nov 23 00:31:20 Exported @athel.rep -> 0 msgs Nov 23 00:31:20 Connecting via FTP to athel.synchro.net Nov 23 00:31:21 R:220-Athelstan BBS (athelstan.org) Nov 23 00:31:21 Connected Nov 23 00:31:21 Local IP is 138.124.183.99 Nov 23 00:31:21 S:USER DESTINY Nov 23 00:31:21 R:331 User name okay, need password. Nov 23 00:31:21 S:PASS Nov 23 00:31:21 R:230-DESTINY logged in. Nov 23 00:31:21 S:TYPE I Nov 23 00:31:21 R:200 All files sent in BINARY mode. Nov 23 00:31:21 S:MODE S Nov 23 00:31:21 R:200 STREAM mode. Nov 23 00:31:21 Logged in as DESTINY Nov 23 00:31:21 Downloading QWK packet Nov 23 00:31:21 S:PASV Nov 23 00:31:21 R:227 Entering Passive Mode (107,161,31,121,4,0) Nov 23 00:31:21 S:RETR athel.qwk Nov 23 00:31:29 R:150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for file transfer. Nov 23 00:31:29 R:226 Download complete (100554 cps). Nov 23 00:31:29 OK: athel.qwk (50,277 bytes) Nov 23 00:31:29 Importing QWK packet: Nov 23 00:31:29 Imported 158 messages (0 failed) Mystic Event- Active : Yes Event Type : Interval Exec Hour : 2 Exec Min : 0 Shell : ./qwkpoll all Sun-Sat : Yes [Synchronet] - QWK HUB Nov 23 11:02:02 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:02 ftp 0075 CTRL connection accepted from: 138.124.183.99 port 40520 Nov 23 11:02:03 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:03 ftp 0075 Hostname: nyx.zirak.org [138.124.183.99] Nov 23 11:02:03 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:03 ftp 0075 logged in (7 today, 383 total) Nov 23 11:02:03 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:03 ftp 0075 creating QWK packet... Nov 23 11:02:13 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:13 ftp 0075 downloading QWK packet (22171 bytes) in passive mode Nov 23 11:02:13 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:13 ftp 0075 DATA Transfer successful: 22171 bytes sent in 0 seconds (44342 cps) Nov 23 11:02:13 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:13 ftp 0075 logged off Nov 23 11:02:13 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 11:02:13 ftp 0075 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 111 served) I tried from the same host, using my test user account and this way worked but letting the mystic even run, or even running ./qwkpoll all ends up with the Unable to make data connection, leading me to believe this to be a Mystic problem. From the Mystic bbs, right above to my test user below, both appear successful to Synchronet. Nov 23 14:11:21 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:11:21 ftp 0075 CTRL connection accepted from: 138.124.183.99 port 40544 Nov 23 14:11:21 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:11:21 ftp 0075 Hostname: nyx.zirak.org [138.124.183.99] Nov 23 14:11:28 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:11:28 ftp 0075 logged in (2 today, 27 total) Nov 23 14:12:16 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:12:16 ftp 0075 creating QWK packet... Nov 23 14:12:46 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:12:46 ftp 0075 downloading QWK packet (4742385 bytes) in passive mode Nov 23 14:12:46 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:12:46 ftp 0075 DATA Transfer successful: 4742385 bytes sent in 0 seconds (9484770 cps) Nov 23 14:12:54 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:12:54 ftp 0075 logged off Nov 23 14:12:54 nemesis sbbs: 11/23 14:12:54 ftp 0075 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 161 served) here's from running ftp on the mystic server side: ftp> passive Passive mode on. ftp> get athel.qwk local: athel.qwk remote: athel.qwk 227 Entering Passive Mode (107,161,31,121,4,0) 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for file transfer. 226 Download complete (9484770 cps). 4742385 bytes received in 0.87 secs (5.2010 MB/s) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. Closing control connection. mystic@nyx:/mystic/logs$ ls -alh athel.qwk -rw-rw-r-- 1 mystic mystic 4.6M Nov 23 14:12 athel.qwk If there's anything else needed, let me know. --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux * Origin: Athelstan - athelstan.org (1:106/987) .