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 Message 2336 
 Anna Christina Nass to August Abolins 
 Re: Disabling "Packet password".. had no 
 04 Mar 21 15:30:00 
 
MSGID: 2:240/5824.1@fidonet ee1c8b27
REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ee1f8b66
PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Linux) (x86_64)
CHRS: ASCII 1
TZUTC: 0100
Am 04.03.21 schrieb August Abolins@2:221/1.58 in POINTS:

Hallo August,

ACN>> - Disabling "Packet password" in Edit/Servers/Edit/Point
ACN>> had no effect

ACN>> 2021-03-03 15:29:04 Packet /sbbs/fido/inbound/xxx.PKT from
ACN>> 2:240/5824.1 - Incorrect password ('' instead of 'xxx')

AA> That is a different matter.

Okay?!? But indeed, enabling the "Packet password" option made at least my  
mails go out again :)

AA> What *was* the matter was that a
AA> session password in-the-clear was included in ALL outgoing PKTs
AA> (including crash/direct)!

AA> So.. it may not be wise anyone to continue to use any version
AA> less than 5.0.49.

That's right.

Although I'm a little confused :)

Regards,
Anna

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