Subj : PATH kludge on exported echomail
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Feb 03 2022 18:00:22

  Re: PATH kludge on exported echomail
  By: deon to Digital Man on Fri Feb 04 2022 09:41 am

 >   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)?

No. In ZoneBlind mode, the PATH and SEEN-BY items are retained and amended, as if the message was inter-zonal.

 >  >  > * 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)?

<shrugs>

 > 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?

I'm not familiar with the GATE kludge. Searching through my FidoNet messages bases, I can't find any instances of the GATE kludge.
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