• RE: Message gating/crosso

    From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Apr 16 11:49:00 2026

    On Apr 16, 2026 12:29am, DIGITAL MAN wrote to GAMGEE:

    Re: Message gating/crossover with FSXnet...
    By: Digital Man to Gamgee on Thu Apr 16 2026 12:28 am

    Re: Message gating/crossover with FSXnet...
    By: Gamgee to All on Wed Apr 15 2026 08:22 am

    Something strange I'm seeing... In this DoveNet area I'm seeing a
    dozen
    or so messages that were posted in the FSXNet "General" echo. Somehow
    they are being gated to here, complete with FSX origin lines.

    Anybody else seeing this, and/or know the cause?

    Not seeing it here. Double-check your internal codes. Sounds like you be
    using the same internal code for both subs.

    I take that back, I am seeing those messages.
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    Just curious, who is handling the ftn side of DoveNet?

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  • From deon@VERT/ALTERANT to Robert Wolfe on Fri Apr 17 09:19:57 2026
    Re: RE: Message gating/crosso
    By: Robert Wolfe to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Apr 16 2026 11:49 am

    Howdy,

    Just curious, who is handling the ftn side of DoveNet?

    I think there are a few of us who do.

    I have it available via clrghouz https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Robert Wolfe on Fri Apr 17 13:03:50 2026
    Re: RE: Message gating/crosso
    By: Robert Wolfe to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Apr 16 2026 11:49 am

    Just curious, who is handling the ftn side of DoveNet?

    There is no official "ftn side of DOVE-Net" (e.g. an official zone number, hub, node list). Some sysops gate to FTN for some periods of time and then stop. <shrug>
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  • From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to DIGITAL MAN on Sun Apr 19 10:40:00 2026

    On Apr 17, 2026 01:03pm, DIGITAL MAN wrote to Robert Wolfe:

    Re: RE: Message gating/crosso
    By: Robert Wolfe to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Apr 16 2026 11:49 am

    Just curious, who is handling the ftn side of DoveNet?

    There is no official "ftn side of DOVE-Net" (e.g. an official
    zone
    number, hub, node list). Some sysops gate to FTN for some
    periods of
    time and then stop. <shrug> --

    digital man (rob)

    Oh, ok, I was just wondering.

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  • From Mike Powell@VERT/CAPTEST to Robert Wolfe on Mon Apr 20 14:50:00 2026
    Robert Wolfe wrote to DIGITAL MAN <=-

    Oh, ok, I was just wondering.

    I allow FTN nodes to get dovenet here, if that is what you meant.

    I am not sure who is gating some of the echoes to FIDO specifically.



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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Robert Wolfe on Mon Apr 20 16:52:26 2026
    Hey Mike!

    On Mon, Apr 20 2026 09:50:00 -0500, you wrote:

    I am not sure who is gating some of the echoes to FIDO specifically.



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    While I don't think it's you doing the gating, your point address in your origin line for this echo on your test system probably isn't helping the matter.

    Unless you actually posted this to FSX. Then there's an issue, since I'm reading this in the Dovenet Help area.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Mike Powell@VERT/CAPTEST to Accession on Tue Apr 21 16:43:00 2026
    While I don't think it's you doing the gating, your point address
    in your origin line for this echo on your test system probably
    isn't helping the matter.

    Let's see what a locally posted message does.


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  • From Mike Powell@VERT/CAPTEST to Accession on Tue Apr 21 19:11:00 2026
    While I don't think it's you doing the gating, your point address
    in your origin line for this echo on your test system probably
    isn't helping the matter.

    Curiouser and curiouser. ;)


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Accession on Tue Apr 21 16:27:28 2026
    Hey Mike!

    On Tue, Apr 21 2026 11:43:00 -0500, you wrote:

    Let's see what a locally posted message does.

    This one came through with CAPTEST as the BBSID again, but has your FSX point in an origin line below.

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    I noticed the last message I replied to you were in the "To" field. If this one is wrong along with the other one, the above origin line was the difference.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Apr 22 02:22:09 2026
    Re: Re: Message gating/crosso
    By: Accession to Accession on Tue Apr 21 2026 04:27 pm

    Hey Mike!

    On Tue, Apr 21 2026 11:43:00 -0500, you wrote:

    Let's see what a locally posted message does.

    This one came through with CAPTEST as the BBSID again, but has your
    FSX point in an origin line below.

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    TEST (21:1/175.6)

    I noticed the last message I replied to you were in the "To" field.
    If this one is wrong along with the other one, the above origin
    line was the difference.

    Regards, Nick

    ... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.



    you are replying to yourself in this msg
    (DOVE-Net/2 Hardware/Software Help/Hardware/Software Help)
    from:Accession (VERT/PHARCYDE)

    to:Accession
    subject:Re: Message gating/crosso
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    MIME-decoded UTF-8 plain-text:
    Hey Mike!

    On Tue, Apr 21 2026 11:43:00 -0500, you wrote:

    Let's see what a locally posted message does.


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Wed Apr 22 17:44:05 2026
    Hey Mro!

    On Wed, Apr 22 2026 02:22:09 -0500, you wrote:

    you are replying to yourself in this msg

    Yeah, we realized that any time I reply to Mike's messages from his "Scorpio TEST" system, things don't seem to be working correctly. I don't think it's me that has the issue (as it happens via NNTP and as well as Golded, I checked). I'm wondering if (some of) his messages isn't including something that is needed, but I haven't figured it out yet.

    Saw him doing some testing on Fidonet, so maybe he figured it out already.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Accession on Wed Apr 22 17:45:09 2026
    Hey Mike!

    On Tue, Apr 21 2026 14:11:00 -0500, you wrote:

    Curiouser and curiouser. ;)


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    This one seemed to reply to you in Golded (tested), but here's a reply via NNTP/Thunderbird.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mike Powell on Wed Apr 22 17:45:32 2026
    Hey Mike!

    On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:11:00 +0000, you wrote:

    @MSGID: 1642.dove-hlp@723:1/0 2e4d2ec1
    @REPLY: 1637.dove-hlp@723:1/0 2e4bdc7f

    Curiouser and curiouser. ;)


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    @PATH: 1/0 1

    And here's Golded. Worked here, but something is awry with NNTP via Synchronet, as I noticed when I posted it replied to myself.

    I wonder if it's because the MSGID and REPLY kludges are the same address?

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Accession on Wed Apr 22 17:48:52 2026
    Hey Accession!

    On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:45:32 -0500, I wrote:

    I wonder if it's because the MSGID and REPLY kludges are the same
    address?

    That's probably nothing.

    .. and this is an on purpose reply to myself. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wed Apr 22 20:33:23 2026
    Re: Re: Message gating/crosso
    By: Accession to MRO on Wed Apr 22 2026 05:44 pm

    Hey Mro!

    On Wed, Apr 22 2026 02:22:09 -0500, you wrote:

    you are replying to yourself in this msg

    Yeah, we realized that any time I reply to Mike's messages from his
    "Scorpio TEST" system, things don't seem to be working correctly.
    I don't think it's me that has the issue (as it happens via NNTP
    and as well as Golded, I checked). I'm wondering if (some of) his
    messages isn't including something that is needed, but I haven't
    figured it out yet.

    Saw him doing some testing on Fidonet, so maybe he figured it out
    already.

    Regards, Nick

    ... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.



    compare his raw msg to someone else's raw msg. that should tell you if
    it's something in his msg headers,etc


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  • From Mike Powell@VERT/CAPTEST to Accession on Thu Apr 23 18:41:00 2026
    Saw him doing some testing on Fidonet, so maybe he figured it out already.

    I don't think I have exactly just yet. I need to add the DOVE Sysop echo and stop testing in this one! ;)

    Mike


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to ACCESSION on Thu Apr 23 10:10:49 2026
    @MSGID: 1642.dove-hlp@723:1/0 2e4d2ec1
    @REPLY: 1637.dove-hlp@723:1/0 2e4bdc7f

    Curiouser and curiouser. ;)


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    @PATH: 1/0 1

    And here's Golded. Worked here, but something is awry with NNTP via Synchronet
    as I noticed when I posted it replied to myself.

    I wonder if it's because the MSGID and REPLY kludges are the same address?

    While I know there is something wonky on my end, as you are the only one
    having this issue, I wonder if there is not also something wonky with
    NNTP via Synchronet and/or Thunderbird that is also playing a role?


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mike Powell on Thu Apr 23 17:01:12 2026
    Hey Mike!

    On Thu, Apr 23 2026 13:41:00 -0500, you wrote:

    I don't think I have exactly just yet. I need to add the DOVE Sysop
    echo and stop testing in this one! ;)

    * ScorpioWeb * Project Scorpio TEST

    If it helps any, this one seemed like it contained a lot more headers. Maybe my reply will actually be to you this time. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Dumas Walker on Thu Apr 23 17:03:10 2026
    Hey Dumas!

    On Thu, Apr 23 2026 10:10:49 -0500, you wrote:

    While I know there is something wonky on my end, as you are the only
    one having this issue, I wonder if there is not also something wonky
    with NNTP via Synchronet and/or Thunderbird that is also playing a
    role?

    Not sure on that one. However, while I didn't reply with Golded on those specific messages, but while I tested with it there were a few (the same ones I had issues with in NNTP) that didn't put you in the "To" field. There was only one so far that seemed to work in Golded, but not via NNTP.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mike Powell on Fri Apr 24 07:23:50 2026
    Mike Powell wrote to Accession <=-

    Saw him doing some testing on Fidonet, so maybe he figured it out already.

    I don't think I have exactly just yet. I need to add the DOVE Sysop
    echo and stop testing in this one! ;)

    I'm curious as to why you'd want to gate DOVEnet to FTN? I thought most
    BBS packages support QWK networking.



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  • From Mike Powell@VERT/CAPTEST to Accession on Fri Apr 24 20:54:00 2026
    I don't think I have exactly just yet. I need to add the DOVE Sysop
    echo and stop testing in this one! ;)

    * ScorpioWeb * Project Scorpio TEST

    If it helps any, this one seemed like it contained a lot more headers. Maybe my
    reply will actually be to you this time. ;)

    The web board, where that message and this one were entered, adds no headers in QWK networked areas. Whatever headers are on it when they get to you are added after they leave here (at VERT, I would guess).

    That'd also be true of my old DOS BBS that is on Dove... no headers added in QWK areas.

    That does help. Sounds like no headers works.

    Mike

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 24 17:36:14 2026
    Hey Poindexter!

    On Fri, Apr 24 2026 09:23:50 -0500, you wrote:

    I'm curious as to why you'd want to gate DOVEnet to FTN? I thought
    most BBS packages support QWK networking.

    Most BBS packages support QWK/REP packets for offline reading, not QWK networking. Two different things, yet similar.. but not. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mike Powell on Fri Apr 24 17:38:17 2026
    Hey Mike!

    On Fri, Apr 24 2026 15:54:00 -0500, you wrote:

    That does help. Sounds like no headers works.

    Maybe VERT is populating those headers when there are none, as you mentioned. What was the software that wasn't working sending?

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mike Powell on Fri Apr 24 20:26:48 2026
    Re: Re: Message gating/crosso
    By: Mike Powell to Accession on Fri Apr 24 2026 08:54 pm

    was it your intention to reply to piondexter in dovenet general?



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    Saw him doing some testing on Fidonet, so maybe he figured it out already.

    I don't think I have exactly just yet. I need to add the DOVE Sysop echo and stop testing in this one! ;)

    I'm curious as to why you'd want to gate DOVEnet to FTN? I thought most
    BBS packages support QWK networking.

    The main reason is so that FTN point nodes can participate.

    That said, I only have one of those connecting currently but have at least 2 BBSes that pick it up via FTN. You would have to ask them why they'd want
    it that way. :D

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to all on Fri Apr 24 21:30:01 2026
    Re: Re: Message gating/crosso
    By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 24 2026 05:36 pm

    Hey Poindexter!

    On Fri, Apr 24 2026 09:23:50 -0500, you wrote:

    I'm curious as to why you'd want to gate DOVEnet to FTN? I thought
    most BBS packages support QWK networking.

    Most BBS packages support QWK/REP packets for offline reading,
    not QWK networking. Two different things, yet similar.. but not.
    ;)


    i always wondered about this. is there ANY other bbs software
    that supports qwk networking by design?


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Fri Apr 24 22:00:48 2026
    Hey MRO!

    On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:30:01 , you wrote:

    i always wondered about this. is there ANY other bbs software
    that supports qwk networking by design?

    Mystic does.

    I can't speak for the other newer packages out there now like Enigma, Talisman, or whatever else has come about somewhat recently, though.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Fri Apr 24 22:56:01 2026
    Re: Re: Message gating/crosso
    By: MRO to all on Fri Apr 24 2026 09:30 pm

    i always wondered about this. is there ANY other bbs software
    that supports qwk networking by design?

    PCBoard was the first, though I do think it was still via add-on. But the underlying data format for messages in a QWK/REP packet originated from the PCBoard message storage format and the idea to use it for networking did not originate with Synchronet.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Sat Apr 25 00:54:17 2026
    Re: Message gating/crosso
    By: Accession to MRO on Fri Apr 24 2026 10:00 pm

    Hey MRO!

    On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:30:01 , you wrote:

    i always wondered about this. is there ANY other bbs software that supports qwk networking by design?

    Mystic does.

    I can't speak for the other newer packages out there now like Enigma, Talisman, or whatever else has come about somewhat recently,
    though.


    i wasn't really thinking about newers softwares; i'm thinking about original old school ones. i should have mentioned that.

    that being said, if you are doing synchronet to synchornet the best way to
    msg network is via nntp (but it sucks because subs.txt is gone). i still set it up pretty quick to futureland's msg net but i'm fast.


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  • From Mike Powell@VERT/CAPTEST to ACCESSION on Sat Apr 25 18:52:00 2026
    I can't speak for the other newer packages out there now like Enigma, Talisman,
    or whatever else has come about somewhat recently, though.

    IIRC, I was able to do it with both Magicka and Talisman when I ran them.

    It was supposedly built into the last version of GT Power (19.00), but I
    had been using BGNET for several years by then and, since it still worked, I didn't try the built in feature much.


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