-=> Deuce wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-   
      
    De>   Re: Re: Bugs Report (4/13/16)   
    De>   By: Bill McGarrity to Deuce on Fri Apr 22 2016 09:35 am   
      
    > I commend you on making SBBS as easy to work with as possible but in the   
    > reality of things and due to the fact you recognize "other" software doesn't   
    > do that, it does create issues down the line.  If indeed you intend to   
    > remain fixed in your resolve then it should be important to advise those who   
    > use hatchit or binkit they need to send an areafix message to uplinks   
    > inserting a pkt password and advise downlinks to do the same.  I speak from   
    > experience on this as Lord Time started using HatchIt and never told me or   
    > anyone else he was now using it therefore, at least in my instance, my   
    > secure folder had tons of BAD pkts. Yes, I was able to figure out the pw   
    > issue but I can see this being an ongoing thing in the future for new   
    > sysops.   
      
    De> None of my utilities create or even currently use packets.  TickIT (the   
    De> TIC processor) does not have a configuration option for a TIC password,   
    De> it uses the packet password from sbbsecho.ini.  If the issue was bad   
    De> packets, it had nothing to do with TickIT or HatchIT.   
      
   OK, that shines a little more light onto the issue but, most if not ALL file   
   processors require a password for FILEFIX. Being you need the PKT level   
   password in echocfg to fulfill this requirement, it also puts added weight on   
   those who don't want to use PKT passwords for echomail.  As I said, in the   
   future you may want to think about adding a toggle for TickIT in echocfg to   
   allow a separate password free of the PKT password.  Best of all worlds so to   
   speak.     
      
      
      
    > Just my thoughts on someone who's set in their ways of dealing with   
    > dedicated programs doing things you are now investing your time into making   
    > SBBS a better product. :)   
      
    De> These are a new set of dedicated programs, not "part of" Synchronet per   
    De> se. FREQIT for example is for use with binkd and other SIF-supporting   
    De> mailers (BinkIT doesn't support SIF, it does FREQ stuff internally   
    De> using the same config info as FREQIT.js).   
      
   OK... understood.  I use ALLFIX for that.   
      
      
    De> Right now, these new scripts are really only reccomended for people who   
    De> are willing to keep an eye on their Fido traffic and are able to deal   
    De> with problems when they inevitably crop up.   
      
   Good deal.  I am just trying to give another outlook on your work and please do   
   not take it I am critizing it.  Just a different viewpoint.  :)   
      
      
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