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|    mark lewis to Alexey Fayans    |
|    binkd connecting to own AKA    |
|    14 Jan 20 05:49:25    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 490.fido-binkd@1:3634/12 2282d49f       REPLY: 2:5030/1997@fidonet 5e1d0b24       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Jan 9 2020 GCC 7.4.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.149 Jan 9 2020 GCC 7.4.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.103        Re: binkd connecting to own AKA        By: Alexey Fayans to mark lewis on Tue Jan 14 2020 03:23:21                      AF>>> This is indeed a routing problem and should be fixed instead of        AF>>> trying to stop binkd from doing its work.               ml>> i'm not trying to stop binkd from doing its work... i'm trying to        ml>> prevent it from doing useless busy work that may be caused by        ml>> something else... there is never a need for a mailer to call itself        ml>> and deliver files from its outbound right back into its inbound and        ml>> keep looping endlessly like that until someone notices a problem...               AF> Not sure if it's better than having something packed for your own AKA and       never        AF> noticed.              that's why i specifically mentioned about having something in the .try file       that monitoring software could use to raise a more noticible alert... for       example, this (broken for formatting) line from my waitingoutmail script uses       the time stamp in the .hld file and the result value in the .try file...               d 1:123/130@fidonet (007b0082) : netmail : 2 days 04:09:08        Next Delivery Attempt: 2020-01-14 05:46:57 -0500        Last Delivery Status: Connection timed out              so like maybe the last attempt status in the .try file could be something like               Will not attempt delivery to self!              or similar...                     )\/(ark       --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux        * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 14/6 18/0 90/1 103/705 116/116 123/0 25 50 115       SEEN-BY: 123/150 170 755 129/215 135/300 153/7715 154/10 30 40 700       SEEN-BY: 203/0 221/0 6 227/114 201 400 229/101 200 310 426 1014 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/307 317 261/38 280/464 5003 5555 292/854 300/4 310/31       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 423/120 640/1384 712/848 770/1 2452/250 3634/0       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 15 27 50 119       PATH: 3634/12 154/10 280/464 229/426           |
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