de> I have a user who is having trouble importing echomail mail from de> clrghouz (my mailer/tosser) using BBBS (other users appear to not be de> affected).
de> In FTS-0001, section C.1 regarding a packed message, it states:
de> PakdMessage = 02H 00H (* message type, old type-1 de> obsolete *) de> origNode (* of message *) de> destNode (* of message *) de> origNet (* of message *) de> destNet (* of message *)
de> So assume this scenario, an echomail message originates from node 1/1, de> and is sent to it's hub 2/2. The hub then sends the message onto node de> 3/3.
de> When the hub (2/2) exports and packs the message for 3/3, is the de> "origNode", "origNet" 2 (for the hub), or 1 (because that is where the de> message originated from).
de> From my testing, I think both at least hpt and mbse use 2 for the de> origNode/origNet - but FTSC says "of message", which I originally de> interpretted that it needed to be "1" since the "message" originated de> from 1/1.
de> It also says this "Due to routing, the origin and destination net and de> node of a packet are often quite different from those of the messages de> within it", which would be true for netmail, but is it also true for de> echomail?
It can be. In the early days of FidoNet, it was quite possible for a node to participate in echomail conferences via routed mail. In this scenario, echomail is simply netmail with an AREA: line.
de> Have I missed an FTSC document that states echomail should use the de> hub's details?
