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|    Paul Hayton to All    |
|    Re: Crash Netmail    |
|    14 May 24 14:21:16    |
      From: nospam.Paul.Hayton@f100.n770.z3.fidonet.org              On 13 May 2024 at 12:35a, g00r00 pondered and said...               g0> One challenge I could use suggestions on for the community is what        g0> happens when a netmail is flagged direct and there is no nodelist entry        g0> or the entry is there but the system doesn't answer or doesn't have an        g0> IP address/hostname etc.              If there's non delivery after X attempts I'd suggest an auto netmail to the       sender is generated and something to sysop as well / noted in MUTIL logs.              Not sure if the logic is in there but if a netmail is routed to another Mystic       system and the routing at destination sends the netmail back to the originating       system... and you start getting a back and forth loop happening... there needs       to be something there to detect this, cease the loop and send a netmail to the       sender and sysop of the source system alerting them to the failed delivery...              Nice to see you active, hope things are going well.              Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'       avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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