Hi Allen,   
      
   On 10 May 16 16:33, Allen Prunty wrote to All:   
     about: "Need to insert a PKT Password in PX Generated Netmail Packet":   
      
    AP> I have a little problem here that I am desperate for some help for.  I   
    AP> use Winserver and Platinum Express for my Fido Tosser and Bink D/P   
    AP> protocol to send my e-mail out.  PX will put .pkt passwords in all   
    AP> echomail packets but when I have to generate a netmail packet it   
    AP> leaves it unsecured without a .pkt password.   
      
    AP> Is there a utility out there that can append a .pkt password to a non   
    AP> secured .pkt file?  If someone could whip one up that works I would be   
    AP> greatful.   
      
    AP> My uplink that I route my mail through is not budging in his   
    AP> requirement to have .pkt passwords on all netmail messages.  I've been   
    AP> told that it's unlikely we will see any more Platinum Express upgrades   
    AP> or developments.   
      
    AP> I've tried (unsuccessfully) to get fastecho to pick up the .pkt file from   
    AP> a generated inbound directory and move it to a .pkt passworded file.  All   
    AP> I can get it to do is toss it to a .msg and leave it there.   
      
   If you want to use FMail or any other ("real") tosser as a "frontend", you   
   would have to use another node or pointnumber for PX as it's main node/point   
   number, so the frontend tosser can act as go between to PX and Binkd. But   
   than, why use PX at all. ;)   
      
    AP> If someone has any other ideas on how I can get my netmail .pkt to   
    AP> route and send properly I would be very thankful for your help.   
      
   It would be relatively easy to write a simple util that adds a password to a   
   "raw" .pkt file. I could do one in python in a few minutes, probably. ;)   
      
   In fact I did. Here it is:   
      
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   
   #!/bin/usr/python   
   #   
      
   import struct   
   import sys   
      
   password = struct.pack("8s", sys.argv[2])   
      
   pktfile = open(sys.argv[1], "r+b")   
      
   pktfile.seek(26)   
   pktfile.write(password)   
   pktfile.close()   
      
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   
      
   If you haven't got python. Just download and install the latest 2.7 version   
   from https://www.python.org/downloads/ first.   
      
   Then copy above lines (without the ~~~ lines) to a text file with extension   
   .py. (For instance "AddPktPassword.py")   
      
   And execute it on your .pkt files that need a password as:   
      
    AddPktPassword.py 12345678.pkt PASSWORD   
      
   That should do the trick! ;)   
      
   Wilfred.   
      
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