Subj : Corrupted Message
To   : All
From : Warpslide
Date : Thu Mar 19 2026 10:50 am

Hi All,

One of my links sent in a packet with a corrupted message, which HPT tossed and promptly sent back out.

The packet itself seemed fine date & address wise, but the message was not:

Message header
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"rom           : "                  16/2047
To             : "  Updates previous tstm wnd dmg rep"
Subject        : ""
DateTime       : "00  00  00:00:00"
Attr           : 0x0000
OrigAddr       : 400/38
DestAddr       : 400/1

I've put a couple of rules in place with HPT's filter capabilities:

If $fromname is empty or begins with whitespace then mark the message as bad
If $toname   is empty or begins with whitespace then mark the message as bad
If $subject  is empty or begins with whitespace then mark the message as bad

The date in the message was also all zeros, which GoldEd reads as Jan 01 1980.

I've also added some checks in there for either an invalid date or +/- 90 days
then mark the message as bad.

I'd like to hear others comments on these checks, do they seem sane?  Mystic or Telegard don't seem to let you send a message with an empty subject, but
GoldEd will allow you to.


Jay

.... Predestination was doomed from the start

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