> Hi Tony,
>> I have a problem:
>> bbs@bbs:~$ ./bbbs bogus w
>> 161221 16:11 BOGUS: Password error or bad header in
>> /home/bbbs/fido/inbound/47569bb4.pkt
>> 161221 16:11 BOGUS: Password error or bad header in
>> /home/bbbs/fido/inbound/47569c0c.pkt
>> 161221 16:11 BOGUS: Password error or bad header in
>> /home/bbbs/fido/inbound/47569c37.pkt
>> 161221 16:11 Messages in:  0          Packets in:  3          B-Magic: 0
>> 161221 16:11 Messages out: 0          Packets out: 0          B2Magic: 0
>> 161221 16:11 Echomail:     0          Badecho:     0          Dupes:   0
>> 161221 16:11 NetMail:      0          Secure:      0          Seconds: 0
>>but the password is correct and the header I think is correct as well. This i
>> the content of the tic file:
> [...]
> Post the line you have in your [nodes] section for this node that failed.
>The spaces you use between the fields are important in some spots, I've found.
> Here's one that always works correctly (Kim and I tested it to get the exact
> spacing):
> 2:222/2      passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  XFG C   2
> Compare this exact line to the one you have for that node that failed.
> so in a copy of external.bbb (you don't want to save this) check the spacing
> between the fields:
> 2:250/1      passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  XFG C   2
> 2:222/2      passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  XFG C   2
> See if they match up with this example for 2:222/2.
> Maybe that's the problem if you've checked that the passwords match?
> Take care,
> Janis

Thanks Janis but I have the same problem: bbs@bbs:~/fido/inbound$ ls -lsa
total 1200
  4 drwxr-xr-x  2 bbs bbs   4096 Dec 21 19:00 .
  4 drwxr-xr-x 10 bbs bbs   4096 Dec 18 19:13 ..
  4 -rw-r--r--  1 bbs bbs    916 Dec 20 21:01 47569bb4.bad
  4 -rw-r--r--  1 bbs bbs    813 Dec 21 07:42 47569c0c.bad
  4 -rw-r--r--  1 bbs bbs    863 Dec 21 07:42 47569c37.bad
588 -rw-r--r--  1 bbs bbs 598431 Dec 21 07:42 COPYIT64.ZIP 356 -rw-r--r--  1
bbs bbs 361107 Dec 20 20:38 GOACCESS.ZIP 236 -rw-r--r--  1 bbs bbs 239548 Dec
21 07:42 QB64UTL2.ZIP bbs@bbs:~/fido/inbound$ mv 47569bb4.bad 47569bb4.pkt
bbs@bbs:~/fido/inbound$ mv 47569c0c.bad 47569c0c.pkt bbs@bbs:~/fido/inbound$ mv
47569c37.bad 47569c37.pkt bbs@bbs:~/fido/inbound$ cd ..
bbs@bbs:~/fido$ cd ..
bbs@bbs:~$ ./bbbs bogus w
161221 19:10 BOGUS: Password error or bad header in
             /home/bbbs/fido/inbound/47569bb4.pkt
161221 19:10 BOGUS: Password error or bad header in
             /home/bbbs/fido/inbound/47569c0c.pkt
161221 19:10 BOGUS: Password error or bad header in
             /home/bbbs/fido/inbound/47569c37.pkt
161221 19:10 Messages in:  0          Packets in:  3          B-Magic: 0
161221 19:10 Messages out: 0          Packets out: 0          B2Magic: 0
161221 19:10 Echomail:     0          Badecho:     0          Dupes:   0
161221 19:10 NetMail:      0          Secure:      0          Seconds: 0

external.bbb
2:250/1.0 password password - password XF C 2 1:* 2:* 3:* 4:* 5:* 6:*

There is no pkt password.
 tick part just in case 

M FIDONODE /home/bbbs/pub/fido 2:250/5 A <2:250/1 @1 /Fidonet files

Thanks

Tony


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