Hi Paul,

On 23 Aug 16 11:20, Paul Quinn wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "New: PING/TRACE function. Tests requested.":

 WV>> I've implemented a PING/TRACE function in FMail. It's already stable
 WV>> and tested.

 PQ> Kewl!  I'll give it a go as well.

I've seen it pass by, and there was a ping response. So test succeeded! ;)
Thanks!

 PQ> I have a prototype C responder here that you would have been welcome
 PQ> to. You know the one, you used back on the 19th.  :)

Yes, this one: "PID: PING_Bot 0.004 *free*" ;)

I tested a number of systems on the 18th (my date not yours ;)), before I
started working on my code, to see what kind of responses I would get. From
the 18 I send out I got 9 responses from 8 systems. But maybe some are held
up by the fact that Wards system has been down again. We'll see when he
gets online again...

I found your systems response a bit sparse compared to others, although
sufficient: It just quotes the Via lines, not the entire message. And it
said it was a TRACE response, when in fact it should have been a PING
response, because my message was directed at your 3:640/384 system, which
was also the one responding...

 PQ> Ah, but maybe you don't use C?

FMail is coded in C. ;)

I suppose your protype is a standalone program? While mine is buildin into
the tosser/scanner. Which would make them hard to compare code wise... ;)

Wilfred.

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