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   mark lewis to Deon George   
   Hi   
   06 Sep 18 10:48:14   
   
    On 2018 Sep 06 06:56:18, you wrote to Vince Coen:   
      
    DG> Actually I have though. This example is for the 314 network (pinet) that I   
    DG> am connected to. My Mystic IS set for 314:314/180.1, but packets sent to   
    DG> MBSE (which is 314:314/180) appear to be from 314:65535/180.1.   
      
    DG> The same is true for Fidonet Mystic IS configured for 3:633/509.1, but   
   MBSE   
    DG> sees the from as 3:65535/509.1   
      
   which PKT format are you sending from your mystic point to MBSE? it must be   
   type 2+ or type 2.2 for point and/or domain support...   
      
   type 2.2 is the only one that allows for the 5D domain name in the PKT   
   header...   
      
   type 2+ has certain fields, originzone and destinatiozone, that are duplicated   
   but must be set a certain way when a point system is involved... the originnet   
   and destinationnet fields are handled differently in this case... you problem   
   description appears to show that MBSE is not properly reading the type 2+ PKTs   
   from your point system...   
      
   easy solution? switch your mystic back to a full node... you can still keep   
   your MBSE as a mail hub...   
      
   hard solution? fix MBSE's PKT handling code to properly handle Type 2+ PKTs   
   from point systems... there is a paper written by one of the Synchronet guys,   
   Stephen Hurd, that contains a lot of details about PKTs and how to handle   
   them... this information about Type 2+ PKT handling is definitely detailed in   
   that paper... i do not recall if the final version was presented to the FTSC   
   for publishing, if the FTSC accepted it, or if the FTSC did actually publish   
   it... i do recall that someone on the FTSC did make a move to get the paper   
   presented to the FTSC but i do not recall that outcome of that, either...   
      
      
   [TIME PASSES]   
      
      
   i was able to go back through my mail archive and find some posts about the   
   above document... draft 4 is available at http://bbsdev.net/fsp/FSP-1040.txt   
   and i think it is the last draft... the details i speak of above are found in   
   the notes portion of the document's section "3. Type 2+ Packet"... the first   
   paragraph in that notes section explains why net 65535 is being seen in these   
   PKTs and how to properly handle it...   
      
      
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