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   Message 830 of 1,004   
   Martin Foster to Tim Schattkowsky   
   Inactive uplinks   
   03 Feb 23 10:42:38   
   
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   Hello Tim!   
      
   *** Tuesday 10.01.23 2:28:39, Tim Schattkowsky wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    MF>> Pressed F12, clicked the "Uplinks" Tab, selected an uplink, clicked the   
    MF>> "Properties" button and then clicked the "Inactive" radio button. Then   
    MF>> clicked on the "Inactive" uplink in the "Poll" button pulldown and much   
    MF>> to my surprise, WinPoint polled the "Inactive" uplink. Looking at the   
    MF>> logfile for the session, I note that a "non-secure" session was   
    MF>> established. Hmmmmm, I don't see the point in polling an "Inactive"   
    MF>> uplink, perhaps I'm missing something?   
      
    TS> Jup.   
      
   Yeah, thought so ;)   
      
    TS> You poll a system, not an uplink. A system is just a BBS you can call.   
      
   OK, fair comment.   
      
    TS> So when the uplink is disabled, no mail is exported for the uplink (among   
    TS> other things) and when you poll the system respective AKA for that   
    TS> particular uplink is not presented and no mail is sent.   
      
   Mail is not received either, which is pretty obvious, as the session password   
   is not presented.   
      
    TS> That is the intended behaviour.   
      
   OK, fine.   
      
    TS> So enssentially disabling an uplink is meant to stop WinPoint from   
    TS> sending an mail using that network address.   
      
   Ah, Aha, NOW I understand and thanks for the explanation :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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