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    From Stephen Walsh@3:633/280.5 to All on Mon May 22 10:45:10 2023
    Hi Guys,

    been looking though the doc's etc...

    Can HPT set the packet type for a link?


    -- Stephen --

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Stephen Walsh on Sun May 21 18:28:00 2023
    been looking though the doc's etc...

    Can HPT set the packet type for a link?

    I don't thin it can. Maybe a developer will chime in with a more comprehensive answer to your question.

    From what I understand hpt always uses type 2+ packets that would work for everyone.

    Is there a need for a different packet type?

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  • From Nil Alexandrov@1:16/101 to Alan Ianson on Sun May 21 22:27:50 2023
    Hello, Alan!

    Sunday May 21 2023 18:28, from Alan Ianson -> Stephen Walsh, in URL @OFGHIUrl:

    been looking though the doc's etc...
    Can HPT set the packet type for a link?

    No, the packet type that hpt produces is hardcoded and cannot be changed in the config file.

    From what I understand hpt always uses type 2+ packets that would work
    for everyone.

    Type 2+ is not official name, though people often refer to http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0048.002.
    Hpt does not follow the FSC-0048 spec, because it will not set the origNet to -1 if from point, and it will not set the AuxNet field.
    Hpt follows the http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0039.004 spec, which is often called Type-2e, but not Type-2+, see hpt/src/pktwrite.c: createPkt()

    Hpt is flexible to read different pkt versions, which is good news, see hpt/src/pktread.c

    Is there a need for a different packet type?

    Type-2+ (FSC-0048), or Type-2e (FSC-0039) packets appear to be the most widely supported by FidoNet software in use today. However, there might be some old software which only supports FTS-1 packet type.

    Best Regards, Nil
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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Stephen Walsh on Mon May 22 18:01:50 2023
    Yes. I would like to use Zeus's native mail processor/msg base instead of a slower thirdparty *.msg based tosser.

    Yes, no need to make things more complex.

    Zeus's mail processor marks pkt's as bad when they are not, and I'm trying
    to work out a working system.

    Does the log give any indication of why it considers those packets bad?

    Synchronet can export many different packet types, even old stone age packets and that might be what Zeus is expecting.

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  • From Stephen Walsh@3:633/280.5 to Alan Ianson on Tue May 23 09:55:52 2023
    Hi Alan,

    On Sunday May 21 2023, Alan Ianson said to Stephen Walsh:

    been looking though the doc's etc...
    Can HPT set the packet type for a link?

    I don't thin it can. Maybe a developer will chime in with a more comprehensive answer to your question.
    [...]
    Is there a need for a different packet type?

    Yes. I would like to use Zeus's native mail processor/msg base instead of a slower thirdparty *.msg based tosser.

    Zeus's mail processor marks pkt's as bad when they are not, and I'm trying
    to work out a working system.


    -- Stephen --

    Rocking Fidonet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


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  • From deon@3:633/509 to Stephen Walsh on Tue May 23 19:41:02 2023
    Re: Re: Packet Type
    By: Stephen Walsh to Alan Ianson on Tue May 23 2023 09:55 am

    Zeus's mail processor marks pkt's as bad when they are not, and I'm trying to work out a working system.

    What packet format do you need?


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  • From deon@3:633/509 to Stephen Walsh on Sat May 27 11:54:52 2023
    Re: Re: Packet Type
    By: Stephen Walsh to deon on Sat May 27 2023 10:52 am

    unfortunately the doc's don't say what it can receive, only what it can send.

    FTS-0001
    FSC-0039
    FSC-0048
    FSC-0045 (packet 2.2)

    I'm going to do further testing with a backup of the config on another machine and capture the log...

    Ahh, OK.

    Well if you determine it needs a specific packet format, and you cant get a tool/hpt to give you that format, then I can enable clrghouz to give you packets in that format.

    I need to revisit the packet format code, anyway, and adding a new one should be fairly easy now.


    ...лоеп
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