Hello Alan!

Saturday April 29 2023 18:28, you wrote to me:

 AI>  * Forwarded from area 'FIDOSOFT.HUSKY'
 >>>> A 08:41:35   Invalid pkt version 272!
 >>>> 47e8bc00.sec: Corrupt packet
 >>>> rick@abacus:/mystic/echomail/in/unsecure$ pktinfo 0069000a.sec
 >>>> PktInfo/lnx 1.9 2023-01-07

 AI> I would check that that 0069000a.sec is a plain packet and not a
 AI> compressed mail bundle as Carlos suggested. If it is a mail bundle you
 AI> may need to decompress it.

 >>> I don't see that here. Here is what pktinfo says about a packet

 >> Now I have no idea, I tried a new point on synchronet and I get the
 >> same behavior...

 AI> I would suggest that you grab fresh husky source from github and
 AI> rebuild just to be sure your husky tools are up to date.

I think that it is something to do with archivers perhaps?  On the mystic system I unzipped all the .sec files and they were indeed pkt's and hpt tossed them just fine.  On the synchronet test it renames them to .bad and I am unable to unarchive those to test.

Regards,

Rick

... Recipes: the bumper stickers of BBSing.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20220504