Subj : Have a look at FN_SYSOP please ...
To   : Nick Andre
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Mon Jan 23 2023 11:10 am

Nick,
 
Something weird happening.
 
I write a netmail to Paul Hayton @ 3:770/100. It goes into a packet for 3:770/1 and when delivered it bounces back immediately with a destination change and time stamp change.
 
My first idea was "HPT did it again".
 
So as requested by Deon George I composed exactly the same kind of message and picked-up the resulting 'pkt' file which Deon examined after it was dropped at his system. He reported about it in FN_SYSOP and it could seem a D'Bridge-bug ....
 
Extremely weird as I find no mention of 'zonegates' anywhere in the DB-manual and the 2:2/3-entry was dropped from the nodelist in ... 2009 after it had been dysfunctional for years, as were the other zonegate addresses.
 
So the questions at the moment are:
 
1) Where does this zonegate-address come from? It is not documented (I think)
   A Chris Irwin thing from days past?
 
2) Why are my netmails to you not bouncing as they should involve the 2:2/1
   address then if Deon is right in his research.
   When sending netmail direct to Deon and Scott in Z3 it doesn't bounce
   either ... ??
 
What am I overlooking?
 
Netmail to Scott Little and Deon George seems not affected ....
 
Take care,
 
 \%/@rd

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 * Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)

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