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MBL513 Release Notes:
5.13 is a quick update to 5.12 to add limited support to H-addressed
messages. The update was written in a couple of hours, so testing has
been very limited. I didn't even check to see if H-info was passed to
and from the SERVERS, so you may want to use this with caution if you
are using them.
A message I recently received from Hank indicated to me that the routing
of H-addressed mail has not been standardized, and the main concern was
simply to pass the H-addr on to the next guy. Rather than spend time
now doing any changes to the forwarding code, I have simply made a couple
of changes to accept and pass on the H-addr.
All H-Addr info WILL BE IGNORED by the forwarding routines which will
forward as always based only upon the @BBS callsign.
You need to make two changes to run this code.
You must run CVT513 which will convert MAILFILE.BTR to MAILINDX.BTR which
adds space for the H-addr info. (You must then either rename MAILINDX.BTR
back to MAILFILE.BTR or change the mail file name in BBS513.CNF!)
You also need to add your full H-address in a line following your callsign
in BBS513.CNF.
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[Logan, Utah] Z:84321
z (Time zone)
25 (Minute of the hour to do forwarding)
WA7MBL (Owner call sign)
WA7MBL.UT.USA (Owner H addr) <--- Add this line ***********
Jeff (Owner name)
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I hope this quick fix will help those sites running MBL512 who are
getting flack for losing the H-info from message that pass through.
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From: W0RLI
To : WA7MBL @ WA7MBL
Subj: H Location
R:891211/0120z 22995@W3IWI [Balto/Wash MD/DC/VA/DE] Z:21029
R:891210/2359z 35185@N4QQ [Silver Spring,Md] Z:20901
R:891123/1823z @:N6VV.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA Pleasant Hill, CA #:33353 Z:94523
R:891123/1813z @:N6IYA.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA Felton, CA #:25729 Z:95018
R:891123/1634z @:W0RLI.OR.USA.NA West Linn #:3504 Z:97068
The way to handle H locations is any way you want.
This is just the first experiment, and I'm sure there
will be many changes as we learn better ways to route
using them. The key is that these are locations, not
routes. We can all use the location information any
way we wish to do the routing. I happen to have picked
a very simple routing scheme for the initial tests,
and it works rather well ... so have not changed it
very much. The main point is to conserve the H loc
with the message when it passes through the system.
Each bbs author can investigate different routing schemes,
since the routing is not implied by the location.
... Hank
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73, Jeff WA7MBL