Hello Vince!

29 Dec 16 15:07, you wrote to me:

 VC> I have been getting problems with dups both from two downlinks and
 VC> from echos coming in from USA & Canada.

I've noticed some of them.

 VC> Now I have not made any changes other than adding these 2 new
 VC> downlinks to my 1.0.6 of mbse and am wondering if I upgrade to 1.0.9
 VC> and set it to NOT strip will it help to fix the problem (USA & Canada)
 VC> or create more issues?

It depends what the root cause of the problem is.  If it's caused by SEEN-BY 
stripping, then the upgrade to 1.0.6.9 will help.  If it's caused by 
non-compliant software modifying timestamps, etc., then 1.0.6.9 won't help, 
but it shouldn't hurt anything either.

 VC> To my thinking it is useful to not strip them if the dup checking
 VC> process makes use of it and also there are some nets that are
 VC> duplicated in zone 1 and 2 at least 1:250 and 2:250 there may be
 VC> others.

Net 250 has been gone from Zone 1 for a while now.  There aren't any duplicate 
nets in FidoNet anymore.  That's why stripping of SEEN-BYs from inter-zone 
echomail isn't needed any longer.

Andrew

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