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- MBL513 Release Notes:
-
-
- 5.13 is a quick update to 5.12 to add limited support to H-addressed
- messages. The update was written in a couple of hours, so testing has
- been very limited. I didn't even check to see if H-info was passed to
- and from the SERVERS, so you may want to use this with caution if you
- are using them.
-
- A message I recently received from Hank indicated to me that the routing
- of H-addressed mail has not been standardized, and the main concern was
- simply to pass the H-addr on to the next guy. Rather than spend time
- now doing any changes to the forwarding code, I have simply made a couple
- of changes to accept and pass on the H-addr.
-
- All H-Addr info WILL BE IGNORED by the forwarding routines which will
- forward as always based only upon the @BBS callsign.
-
- You need to make two changes to run this code.
-
- You must run CVT513 which will convert MAILFILE.BTR to MAILINDX.BTR which
- adds space for the H-addr info. (You must then either rename MAILINDX.BTR
- back to MAILFILE.BTR or change the mail file name in BBS513.CNF!)
-
- You also need to add your full H-address in a line following your callsign
- in BBS513.CNF.
-
- ....
- [Logan, Utah] Z:84321
- z (Time zone)
- 25 (Minute of the hour to do forwarding)
- WA7MBL (Owner call sign)
- WA7MBL.UT.USA (Owner H addr) <--- Add this line ***********
- Jeff (Owner name)
- .....
-
-
- I hope this quick fix will help those sites running MBL512 who are
- getting flack for losing the H-info from message that pass through.
-
-
-
-
- ----------------------------
- From: W0RLI
- To : WA7MBL @ WA7MBL
- Subj: H Location
-
- R:891211/0120z 22995@W3IWI [Balto/Wash MD/DC/VA/DE] Z:21029
- R:891210/2359z 35185@N4QQ [Silver Spring,Md] Z:20901
- R:891123/1823z @:N6VV.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA Pleasant Hill, CA #:33353 Z:94523
- R:891123/1813z @:N6IYA.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA Felton, CA #:25729 Z:95018
- R:891123/1634z @:W0RLI.OR.USA.NA West Linn #:3504 Z:97068
-
- The way to handle H locations is any way you want.
- This is just the first experiment, and I'm sure there
- will be many changes as we learn better ways to route
- using them. The key is that these are locations, not
- routes. We can all use the location information any
- way we wish to do the routing. I happen to have picked
- a very simple routing scheme for the initial tests,
- and it works rather well ... so have not changed it
- very much. The main point is to conserve the H loc
- with the message when it passes through the system.
- Each bbs author can investigate different routing schemes,
- since the routing is not implied by the location.
-
- ... Hank
- ----------------------------
-
- 73, Jeff WA7MBL
-
-