Subj : Stripping zone seenbys or not
To : Vince Coen
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Thu Dec 29 2016 04:46 pm
Hello Vince!
29 Dec 16 15:07, you wrote to me:
VC> I have been getting problems with dups both from two downlinks and
VC> from echos coming in from USA & Canada.
I've noticed some of them.
VC> Now I have not made any changes other than adding these 2 new
VC> downlinks to my 1.0.6 of mbse and am wondering if I upgrade to 1.0.9
VC> and set it to NOT strip will it help to fix the problem (USA & Canada)
VC> or create more issues?
It depends what the root cause of the problem is. If it's caused by SEEN-BY
stripping, then the upgrade to 1.0.6.9 will help. If it's caused by
non-compliant software modifying timestamps, etc., then 1.0.6.9 won't help,
but it shouldn't hurt anything either.
VC> To my thinking it is useful to not strip them if the dup checking
VC> process makes use of it and also there are some nets that are
VC> duplicated in zone 1 and 2 at least 1:250 and 2:250 there may be
VC> others.
Net 250 has been gone from Zone 1 for a while now. There aren't any duplicate
nets in FidoNet anymore. That's why stripping of SEEN-BYs from inter-zone
echomail isn't needed any longer.
