Subj : Question on FTS-0001
To   : Andrew Leary
From : deon
Date : Sun Oct 08 2023 09:35 pm

  Re: Question on FTS-0001
  By: Andrew Leary to deon on Sun Oct 08 2023 03:00 am

Hey Andrew,

 >  de> So assume this scenario, an echomail message originates from node 1/1,
 >  de> and is sent to it's hub 2/2. The hub then sends the message onto node
 >  de> 3/3.
 >
 >  de> When the hub (2/2) exports and packs the message for 3/3, is the
 >  de> "origNode", "origNet" 2 (for the hub), or 1 (because that is where the
 >  de> message originated from).
 >  de> It also says this "Due to routing, the origin and destination net and
 >  de> node of a packet are often quite different from those of the messages
 >  de> within it", which would be true for netmail, but is it also true for
 >  de> echomail?
 >
 > It can be.  In the early days of FidoNet, it was quite possible for a node
 > to participate in echomail conferences via routed mail.  In this scenario,
 > echomail is simply netmail with an AREA: line.

So it would be considered "routed" echomail if origNet/origNode != Hub's net/node?

And thus, for clarity, origNet/origNode determines which nodes send the echomail, not which node originated it?

 >  de>       PakdMessage  = 02H 00H           (* message type, old type-1
 >  de> obsolete *)
 >  de>                      origNode          (* of message *)
 >  de>                      destNode          (* of message *)
 >  de>                      origNet           (* of message *)
 >  de>                      destNet           (* of message *)

IE: "of message" in this context is not who originated the message, but who sent it on to another system?


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