Subj : Re: this packet f'd my s--- up
To   : Al
From : apam
Date : Mon Oct 25 2021 01:29 pm

 Al>  Al>> pktinfo tells me that the fromusername field is empty so the
 Al>  Al>> message header is wrong. It is a corrupt packet.
 Al> 
 Al>  GA> I would suggest that fix the tosser so if that happens it defaults to
 Al>  GA> ALL.
 Al> 
 Al> Every tosser in use would need to be updated to do that and I don't
 Al> think that will happen.

No, especially since the pktinfo isn't exactly right, the packet is corrupt, that was just the first thing it tripped up on (the fromusername wasn't null terminated) even if you changed from to ALL, it would then have tripped up on the to field being empty, the subject being empty and the entire message being empty because of no null termination between from, to and subject.

A tosser shouldn't attempt to fix a packet, the other tosser shouldn't create dodgy packets.

I think in this instance, mystic tosser needs to be fixed to not segfault on a dodgy packet, and Platnium Xpress or whatever hobby net is using needs to be fixed to not create dodgy packets in the first place.

Andrew

.... The only place I want data loss is on my credit card!

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