Re: PATH kludge on exported echomail
  By: Digital Man to deon on Thu Feb 03 2022 11:08 am

 >  > So this has raised a couple of questions:
 >
 >  > * Does zoneblind=true result in the PATH being scrubbed when a message is being exported to another zone?
 >
 > I'm not sure what you mean by "scrubbbed" in this context. The PATH lines will be *retained* even when crossing zone boundaries when zoneblind=true and the zones in question are both <= ZoneBlindThreshold
 > http://wiki.synchro.net/config:sbbsecho.ini
 >

"scrubbed" = delete, ie: remove all existing entries.

So with zoneblind = false:

sbbsecho removes all *existing* PATH items and SEEN-BY items and thus the resulting exported message has no "PATH" items, and only has the SEEN-BY of any exported nodes in the target zone. (which by definition doesnt include itself)?

 >  > * When you scrub the PATH, do you add any other kludges to show that the scrubbing occured by me? (I've seen others with zonegating software create a GATE kludge that I guess could indicate which system the message was gated through (and thus that system reset the PATH/SEEN-BY kludges).
 >
 > No. And again, not really sure what you mean by "scrub" here. You mean remove/delete?

How do "downstream" systems know that *my* system is the one that cleared the PATH/SEEN-BY, especially when it's obious the message originated from a different zone (because it has a different zone number in the Origin)?

Perhaps it would be worthwhile using the GATE kludge (or something else appropraite) to record that, especially if somebody was trying to debug circular paths or duplicate messages?



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