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Hello Marceline!

07 Mar 21, Marceline Jones wrote to KAI RICHTER:

 MJ>> I think it is cool to use stoneaged formats.

 KR>> That's what Fidonet is. But there is no need to struggle with
 KR>> problems that the stoneage already solved. Even those solutions
 KR>> are still stoneaged. ;)

 MJ> If I ran QuickBBS, then I would use Hudson. What is the point of
 MJ> running QBBS if not to use Hudson ?

Tell me why you don't run QBBS and maybe i have a chance to answer your
question.

 MJ>> I want to check that packets contain the right messages and have
 MJ>> been routed to the correct outbound directories.

 KR>> That was done already when you use stoneaged software. If there
 KR>> are routing troubles then the software is old enough that this
 KR>> troubles would be known.

 MJ> You are assuming the software has no bugs.

No. I assume that after years of fidonet wide operation routing bugs would be
known.

 MJ> What if I want to check my packed messages match what the mailer's
 MJ> outbound queue says ?

If you do routing it does not match. That's the purpose of routing. You send
messages not to the destination but to another node. You will have a
destination mismatch between the messages and the envelope.

And even if you suspect your routing software faulty your links would use
other software that has proved it's working because you can read this routed
mail.

 MJ>> How do I check this without inspecting the packet ?

 KR>> You could see it in the outbound directories itself or in the
 KR>> logfiles if your software tries to connect to another system.

 MJ> Except outbound directories contain files like "EFAABCFF.mo0".

Those files doesn't have something to do with routing. You need to check to
flowfiles which are responsible for the routing destination. Those are simple
ascii files readable by a simple text editor.

 MJ> I want a nice user interface to scroll through and open such packets
 MJ> and check the message contents.

Golded can't do this. Golded is a user editor that is in use after or before
those packed mail has been processed.

Regards

Kai

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