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.
