On 2018 Apr 21 00:18:12, you wrote to me:   
      
    LM> Attention mark,   
      
    LM> A netmail was sent to the uplink 1:153/7715 and it was accepted by that   
    LM> node.  So far no reply.   
      
   a netmail to whom? me? i haven't seen it...   
      
    LM> Also posted to ASIAN_LINK and sent via 1:153/7715 two fts-0001.016   
    LM> compliant packed messages - one with a so-called Type 2+ header, the   
   second   
    LM> with an fts-0001.016 compliant pktheader - in seperate pkts of course.   
    LM> Both were accepted but their status beyond that is unknown.   
      
   ok, i've not seen either one here...   
      
    LM> The first (MSGID: 1:153/7001 5ada6628) is posted to "Doctor Flexy   
    LM> Jerkoff" with the subject "jumpin' jack flash".  It is the Type 2+   
    LM> pktheader which has always worked to the node in question before this   
    LM> latest breakage.   
      
    LM> The second (MSGID: 1:153/7001 5ada6f1d) is posted to "Ming the   
    LM> Merciless" with the subject "Pathetic earthlings."  It probably will   
    LM> end up in the uplink's bad area since regular fts-0001.016 pktheaders   
    LM> have never worked there in the past and there is no reason known to   
    LM> 1:153/7001 that it will succeed in being seen beyond 1:153/7715.   
      
   if it ends up in the bad area, that's generally because the sending node is not   
    connected to the area in question... have you tried talking to 7715's areafix   
   and making sure you are connected to the area??   
      
    LM> I've also tried Type 2.2 pktheaders and they also worked to that node   
    LM> but did not send a packed message using that pktheader format this   
    LM> time. It was one of the few nodes where Type 2.2 pktheaders actually   
    LM> worked.   
      
   there may be a setting in that sqafix thing that determines which PKT types are   
    recognized... it may be a general setting for all systems or it may be a   
   per-node setting...   
      
    LM> There are backups of the two packed ASIAN_LINK MSGs if you, or anyone,   
    LM> in this echo requests them to the working fts-0001.016 compliant   
    LM> uplink which would reveal itself in the PATH at the bottom of this   
    LM> officially sanctioned, fts-0001.016 compliant packed MSG.   
      
   if you would like to send them over in a plain zip file, i would be happy to   
   look them over...   
      
    LM> Thank you in advance for you kind attention in this most sensitive   
    LM> matter.   
      
   hehehehehe   
      
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