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...
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* Origin: Quinn's Rock - Live from Paul's Xubuntu desktop! (3:640/1384)
