Subj : Question on FTS-0001
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : deon
Date : Wed Oct 11 2023 03:39 pm

  Re: Question on FTS-0001
  By: Maurice Kinal to Rob Swindell on Tue Oct 10 2023 07:32 pm

 >  RS> packed message headers usually reflect the last-hop (or hub)
 >  RS> address and not the originating node address.
 >
 > I see originating node addresses in packed msg headers.  They are preserved
 > by anything I am using.  As far as I am aware that is the correct operating
 > procedure.

So I thought so to, which is what I implemented.

It seems BBBS doesnt like it, and nothing else I've tested complains.

But from my testing, and I guess confirmed too by Rob, many things use the "last hop" in the packed message header.

What "should" it be? (To me, the FTSC implies it should be the originating node.)




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