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VK2TV > PACKET 27.05.08 00:00l 66 Lines 2015 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 41111_VK2TV
Read: GUEST
Subj: RE:msgs not getting.... etc
Path: IZ3LSV<IV3SCP<SR1BSZ<ON4HU<DB0RES<ON0AR<7M3TJZ<F6CDD<F6BVP<VK2TV
Sent: 080526/2155Z @:VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC #:38424 [Kempsey, QF68JX] $:41111_VK
From: VK2TV@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : PACKET@WW
# Generated by: TstHWin v2.21b - Registered to VK2TV
# On : 5/27/2008 7:53:27 A
# UTC: 5/26/2008 21:53:27
>From: VE3WBZ@VA3BAL.#SCON.ON.CAN.NOAM
>To : PACKET@WW
Hello Peter,
>When Jim KA1EUI sent out his first packet@ww about SP and SB
>I tried to reply...but perhaps it didn't get there. he isn't
>the only one as I tried to SP others and find the BBS doesn't
>have the address...so we then rely on some sysop somewhere
>out there to route it ..here or there. Anyhow...Jim if you
>are reading...I did get your SB posting..and I did reply SP.
>
>I also replied to a SP on my home BBS I use, to find that
>auto-address seems not to work...as it gave him a Canadian
>VE3 address....and even now when sending SPs which are getting
>to him.... our BBS here has not accepted his packet address.
>FBB used to do this in earlier editions....but not now.
The problem is not FBB. The reason P mail routing used to work is that
sysops used to care.
The sysop must manually add routes to the forward file that reflect the
intended destination of the mail. Here's a part of one of my forward files
for P mail. It says the recipient bbs can forward these destinations
#The first three are H routes to particular regions in Australia ..
H *.#SYD.NSW.AU.OC
H *.SYD.NSW.AUS.OC
H *.#SYD.NSW.AUS.OC
#This for a particular country (Uraguy) ...
H *.LAV.URY.SA
#The next two are H routes to continents ..
H *.NA
H *.NOAM
This is what each sysop must do for every forwarding partner. Of course.
you must first communicate with those partners to find out to where they
can forward mail.
A H.*.* will just send all P mail to the next bbs. This is fine if you only
forward with a single bbs. It then becomes that sysop's responsibility to
ensure the mail can go further.
The P mail system could be fixed but it needs the cooperation of all
sysops.
Wouldn't it be nice if we had an active database that created return paths
from R Lines?
Cheers ... Ray vk2tv
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