Hi, Bob.

BL> FM> I don't think I have put a To: in my AREAFIXs before, either. I
BL> FM> can't check that, 'cos something in the chain OLX -> QWK2PKT ->
BL> FM> PKT2QWK -> OLX *changes* any To: line in Netmail to From:
BL> FM> 3:711/934.24 (my point).

BL>  It's bloody pkt2qwk that does it... so you can't find out if you put
BL>the correct address on or not. It's one of the things I'll change in
BL>my VB version.

Yeah, crazy. Can't see any possible valid reason for it doing that.

BL> FM> And if it's not there, it *adds* From:
:/0.24
BL> FM> . So my copies of all Netmail messages are not as I sent them,
BL> FM> and who knows what went out in the packet.

BL>  Yair. Bloody ridicluous. It ought to *add* the "From:" line without
BL>removing the other. It has to do that in Netmail because it doesn't
BL>send your address with an "* Origin..." line and the poor bugger on
BL>the other end wouldn't know where it came from, otherwise.

Eh? What doesn't send an origin line?

BL> FM> Yep, that's what I was saying. And that to the best of my
BL> FM> memory I had never put a To: into an AREAFIX message before
BL> FM> either. And I'm still on PQWK221. However, it's quite possible
BL> FM> I hadn't sent an AREAFIX message since upgrading (?) from the
BL> FM> previous (PQWK220?), so maybe the problem was introduced there.

BL>  I've never used a "To:" with Areafix either, and I'm almost sure
BL>that was how Paul told me to do it, but I've haven't sent an Areafix
BL>message for 6 months anyway. I checked back to PQWK 200 (my oldest
BL>one), and there's nothing about Areafix in it. My guess is that Paul
BL>changed qwk2pkt so that it sends random crap if you don't have a
"To:"
BL>address, at about the time he removed his mapping (around PQWK220).

I think he probably changed it in 221, as I think I've only done 1
upgrade. I must say I agree with Rod here about proper testing,
including regression testing to see that you didn't break something
else. Even for something as simple as this PKTQWK stuff. There ain't
no such thing as a minor software change! :-)

Regards, FIM.

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