Subj : this packet f'd my s--- up
To   : apam
From : Al
Date : Sun Oct 24 2021 07:13 pm

Hello apam,

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

Absolutely. If tossers were trying to fix errors we'd be in a hellofa mess.

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

Yep, a bad packet will trip everyone up all down the line.

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

Looking at the product code it looks like newsgate may have created that packet, but I have no way to know for sure.

I have no links running Platinum Xpress, never did that I recall so I don't know how well it does or doesn't work. Hopefully they can find a way to get those bad packets out of the flow.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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