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    From Khronos@21:2/153 to All on Thu Apr 13 08:06:23 2023
    Hi,
    If I send a message to an unknown user on a remote system will I get a bounce message back or will it go into thin air based on the limitations of the technology?
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: (21:2/153) (21:2/153)
  • From Roon@21:4/148 to Khronos on Thu Apr 13 17:14:06 2023
    Hello Khronos,

    13 Apr 23 08:06, you wrote to All:

    Hi,
    If I send a message to an unknown user on a remote system will I get a bounce message back or will it go into thin air based on the
    limitations of the technology?

    no response will go back, at least from old systems. i dont know about synchronet/mystic things

    Regards,
    --
    dp

    telnet://bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 <<=-

    ... Uptime: 6d 9h 3m 25s
    --- GoldED/2 1.1.4.7+EMX
    * Origin: Roon's BBS - Budapest, HUNGARY (21:4/148)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Khronos on Thu Apr 13 10:37:22 2023
    If I send a message to an unknown user on a remote system will I get a bounce message back or will it go into thin air based on the limitations of the technology?

    I wrote a netmail to someone yesterday and my own BBS bounced it back to me because the person I wrote to was not in the nodelist.

    That can happen but it doesn't matter who you write to but it is important that the node(s) you route through can find a route to the destination node.

    In a case like that you'll need to send the message directly to the destination if you have their connect info.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Sat Apr 15 15:14:03 2023
    On 13 Apr 2023 at 10:37a, Al pondered and said...

    I wrote a netmail to someone yesterday and my own BBS bounced it back to me because the person I wrote to was not in the nodelist.

    was that a Zone 21 addy Al? I'm hoping we haven't dropped the ball for a new node?

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Avon on Sat Apr 15 00:37:12 2023
    I wrote a netmail to someone yesterday and my own BBS bounced it back to
    me because the person I wrote to was not in the nodelist.

    was that a Zone 21 addy Al? I'm hoping we haven't dropped the ball for a new node?

    Yes, I replied to an echomail message from Khronos at 21:2/153. He was looking to do some testing.

    I am not sure if that is his own node or another he was visting but I don't see any 21:2/153 in the nodelist.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Sat Apr 15 22:05:33 2023

    Yes, I replied to an echomail message from Khronos at 21:2/153. He was looking to do some testing.

    I am not sure if that is his own node or another he was visting but I don't see any 21:2/153 in the nodelist.

    thanks will check and sort tomorrow..

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Khronos@21:2/153 to Al on Sat Apr 15 09:19:52 2023
    I wrote a netmail to someone yesterday and my own BBS bounced it back to >> me because the person I wrote to was not in the nodelist.

    was that a Zone 21 addy Al? I'm hoping we haven't dropped the ball for a new node?

    Yes, I replied to an echomail message from Khronos at 21:2/153. He was looking to do some
    testing.

    I am not sure if that is his own node or another he was visting but I don't see any 21:2/153 in
    the nodelist.

    Hi,
    Yes my node is 21:2/153
    I don't know if this can be done, but a possibl solution to this would be to have a node list and then if the node you want is not in the list to then route back to the generic 21:x/xxx route as a fall back.

    Tom
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: (21:2/153) (21:2/153)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Khronos on Sat Apr 15 13:28:30 2023
    Yes, I replied to an echomail message from Khronos at 21:2/153. He was
    looking to do some testing.

    I am not sure if that is his own node or another he was visting but I don't >> see any 21:2/153 in the nodelist.

    Yes my node is 21:2/153

    I thought that was probably the case.

    I don't know if this can be done, but a possibl solution to this would be to have a node list and then if the node you want is not in the list to then route back to the generic 21:x/xxx route as a fall back.

    I never sent that message directly but that wouldn't work either since 21:2/153 is not in the nodelist currently, so it would get stuck in my outbound. I'm sure that Avon will get that sorted soon.

    I can turn that feature off in BBBS but it does save a lot of undeliverable messages bouncing around between the hubs.

    I have at times entered a typo in the to: address of messages and if sent out it would just bounce around until someone, somewhere deletes it.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Sun Apr 16 09:18:20 2023
    On 15 Apr 2023 at 01:28p, Al pondered and said...

    Yes my node is 21:2/153

    I thought that was probably the case.

    I never sent that message directly but that wouldn't work either since 21:2/153 is not in the nodelist currently, so it would get stuck in my outbound. I'm sure that Avon will get that sorted soon.

    I have added the node now and will force an early hatch of the nodelist shortly. Apologies for the oversight guys :)

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Avon on Sat Apr 15 15:13:52 2023
    I never sent that message directly but that wouldn't work either since
    21:2/153 is not in the nodelist currently, so it would get stuck in my
    outbound. I'm sure that Avon will get that sorted soon.

    I have added the node now and will force an early hatch of the nodelist shortly.

    Thanks for looking into it. Once I get an updated nodelist I'll send another netmail to Khronos.

    Apologies for the oversight guys :)

    No apologies needed.. :)

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Avon on Sat Apr 15 15:25:26 2023
    I have added the node now and will force an early hatch of the nodelist shortly. Apologies for the oversight guys :)

    The new nodelist has arrived and I have compiled it. I now see 21:2/153 listed.

    Thanks for the update, I'll send a test or three out now.. :)

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Mon Apr 17 12:05:16 2023
    On 15 Apr 2023 at 03:25p, Al pondered and said...

    The new nodelist has arrived and I have compiled it. I now see 21:2/153 listed.

    Thanks for the update, I'll send a test or three out now.. :)


    cool, no probs :)

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)