To: Stephen Walsh
On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:55:02 +0000 Stephen Walsh wrote:

Fixed, along with the TZUTC kludge.... #-)
Two fixes for the price of one!.

Fidonet to NNTP messages are so rare that there could even be
something else that I've missed.

I run PyGate here in some kind of "reverse" mode, I send all fido messages to nntp. ;)

'Tommi

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Hello Tommi!


### Version 1.5.15 (May 25, 2026)

Merged a set of changes contributed by a fellow sysop (marked with `# TK` comments in the source) that preserve FidoNet "To" and reader information across
the gateway in both directions, plus related header adjustments.

#### To/From Name Round-Trip via X-Comment-To

The FidoNet "To" name is now carried across the gateway using the `X-Comment-To`
NNTP header.

Changes in `src/nntp_module.py`:
- Inbound articles now capture `X-Comment-To` into the message `to_name`.
- `build_nntp_article()` now emits an `X-Comment-To:` header carrying the FidoNet
recipient name.

Changes in `src/gateway.py`:
- NNTP -> FidoNet (`convert_nntp_to_fido`) sets the FidoNet `to_name` from the
NNTP `X-Comment-To` header (falls back to `Unknown`). The previous behaviour of
always using the area `default_to` ("All") is retained as a commented-out line.
This suits a full-feed configuration where Usenet posts are normally addressed
to "All".
- FidoNet -> NNTP (`convert_fido_to_nntp`) now passes `to_name` through so the
`X-Comment-To` header can be populated.

#### Reader / Tosser Kludges (NOTE / NEWSREADER)

When gating NNTP -> FidoNet, the posting agent information is now preserved as FidoNet kludge lines:
- NNTP `User-Agent` -> `\x01NOTE:` kludge
- NNTP `X-Newsreader` -> `\x01NEWSREADER:` kludge

Changes in `src/gateway.py` populate `note` (from `User-Agent`) and `newsreader`
(from `X-Newsreader`); `src/fidonet_module.py` preserves and writes both kludges.

Note: a copy/paste bug in the contributed code wrote the `newsreader` value under
a second `\x01NOTE:` label; this was corrected to `\x01NEWSREADER:` during the merge so the two fields produce distinct kludges.

#### Header Adjustments (FidoNet -> NNTP)

In `build_nntp_article()` (`src/nntp_module.py`):
- Added `Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit`.
- The FidoNet origin line is now emitted as `X-Organization:` instead of the
standard `Organization:` header.

In `src/fidonet_module.py`, the tear line is now written as a bare `---` when the
supplied tear line does not already start with `---` (previously the PyGate software identifier was appended after the dashes).




Stephen


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Hello, Stephen Walsh.
On 24/05/2026 21.33 you wrote:

Hello Tommi!
### Version 1.5.15 (May 25, 2026)
Merged a set of changes contributed by a fellow sysop (marked with `# TK` comments in the source) that preserve FidoNet "To" and reader information across
the gateway in both directions, plus related header adjustments.

So it seems that I did not break much. ;)

'Tommi

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* Origin: RBB PyGate I (2:221/10.21)

Hello Tommi!

26 May 26 18:44, you wrote to me:

Hello Tommi!
### Version 1.5.15 (May 25, 2026)
Merged a set of changes contributed by a fellow sysop (marked
with `# TK` comments in the source) that preserve FidoNet "To"
and reader information across the gateway in both directions,
plus related header adjustments.

So it seems that I did not break much. ;)

No you didn't. I did revert a couple of your changes after doing some testing though.....

If you do further patching and send them, can you create a text file describing what you changed.



Stephen


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