TID: FMail-W64 2.3.2.3-B20240423
TZUTC: 0100
CHRS: UTF-8 4
MSGID: 2:341/234.1 69139cb2
REPLY: 55188.sync@1:103/705 2d708533
04 Nov 2025 14:01, you wrote to me:

 >> Replies in echomail areas through Synchronet's NNTP server include
 >> "All" in the To: field. I had assumed this was standard behavior
 >> for SBBS, similar to the old NNTP-FTN gateways. (However, the REPLY
 >> kludge appears to be functioning correctly, allowing messages to be
 >> properly threaded.)
 >>
 >> After reviewing the source code of nntpservice.js, I discovered a
 >> function named getReferenceTo. If I'm not mistaken, this function
 >> should return the recipient's name, but it defaults to "All" when a
 >> recipient isn't found.
 >>
 >> Could it be that this function isn't working as intended?

 > If a recipient isn't found, "All" seems like a sensible default. Are
 > you saying the failure to find a recipient is a bug? Feel free to play
 > with it and offer up a patch if you have one.

I've been playing a bit and here's a patch. Edit nntpservice.js (line 107 in
revision 1.2, or line 111 in current 1.3) and change:

 var hdr2 = mb.get_msg_header(hdr.reply_id);

to:

 var hdr2 = mb.get_msg_header(hdr.reply_id + '');

There may be another way, but this seems to work.

Carlos

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