• Pack error

    From Simon Avery@2:255/90 to All on Thursday, March 01, 2001 05:19:26
    Hello All

    This one's got me puzzled and would appreciate any ideas.

    Every time a FASTECHO PACK -RROUTE.FE is performed I get the following netmail;

    -!-
    ─ [0] Netmail area for Fidonet (2:255/90) ─────────── DIGITAL_DILEMMA_NETMAIL ─
    Msg : 7718 of 7718 Rcv Pvt
    From : FastEcho 2:255/90 01 Mar 01 13:14:54
    To : Simon Avery 2:255/90 01 Mar 01 13:14:57
    Subj : PACK error report ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── --- Digital Dilemma
    -!-

    during runtime, "--- Digital Dilemma" is also displayed.

    Route.fe is below.

    -!-
    ; FidoNet
    ROUTE-TO 2:255/3 2:* 3:* 4:* 5:* 6:* 8:*
    ROUTE-TO 2:2503/0 2:2503/* ;Keith
    Jackson
    ROUTE-TO 2:250/501 2:250/501.* 2:250/502.* 2:250/503.* ;Neil walker ROUTE-TO 2:263/950 2:255/90.15 2:252/300.* ;Sean Rima ROUTE-TO 2:252/110 2:255/401.* 2:253/401.* 2:252/110.*;Glenn Richards ROUTE-TO 2:255/57 2:255/57.* 2:253/57.* ;Jay Stewart ROUTE-TO 2:2503/210 2:2503/210.* 2:255/160.* ;AndyD direct ROUTE-TO 2:255/90.13 2:255/161.* 2:255/90.13 111:7044/551.13 ;PaulW direct (No node)
    ROUTE-TO 2:255/162 2:255/162.* 2:255/90.104 ;Richard Downer ROUTE-TO 2:442/618 2:442/*.* ;Colin and 442/* ROUTE-TO 2:440/226 2:440/226.* ;Rory direct ROUTE-TO 2:252/666 2:440/666.* 2:440/666 2:252/666.* ;Richard P
  • From Martin Foster@2:250/333 to Simon Avery on Friday, March 02, 2001 23:47:00
    Hello Simon!

    ** Subject: "Pack error"
    ** Dated: 01.03.01, 13:19

    ** Simon Avery rattled off a missive to All:

    This one's got me puzzled and would appreciate any ideas.
    [..]

    I'm not too sure, as I don't use FE to route/pack netmail but here's a coupla things that I've spotted that *might* be the cause .....

    Route.fe is below.

    -!-
    ; FidoNet
    [..]
    ROUTE-TO 2:2503/0 2:2503/*
    ^^^^^^^^
    Perhaps this should be 2:2503/*.*

    [..]
    ROUTE-TO 2:252/666 2:440/666.* 2:440/666
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Perhaps these two are telling FE to do
    the same thing and therefore causing
    confusion?
    [..]
    Ideas?

    That's all I can think of.

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- CrossPoint v3.30.020 R
    * Origin: OutPost #1 - Bradford - UK (2:250/333)
  • From Renato Zambon@4:801/161 to Martin Foster on Saturday, March 03, 2001 10:28:36
    ROUTE-TO 2:2503/0 2:2503/*
    ^^^^^^^^
    Perhaps this should be 2:2503/*.*

    * is ok, ? can also be used, ex.: Route-to 2:335/533 2:33/* 2:33?/*

    ROUTE-TO 2:252/666 2:440/666.* 2:440/666

    Yes, it's redundant... but I don't know what is wrong with the route.

    I use fe pack for email/ftp-links (not for those that calls directly):

    Route-to 1:396/1 1:* 2:* 5:* 6:*
    Route-to 2:244/1111 2:24/* 2:24?/* 2:24??/*
    Route-to 2:335/533 2:33/* 2:33?/*
    Route-to 2:333/805 2:333/*
    Route-to 2:346/3 2:34/* 2:34?/*
    Route-to 3:774/605 3:*
    Route-to 4:900/525 4:*
    Except 4:4/3 4:80/* 4:80?/*
    No-route 4:901/343
    Route-to 4:930/1 4:93/* 4:93?/*
    Route-to 12:1251/1 12:1251/1.* 4:805/4.*

    []s

    ---
    * Origin: HidraSoft BBS * Aruja', SP, Brasil * 55-11-4654-2024 * (4:801/161)
  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/384 to Simon Avery on Sunday, March 04, 2001 12:26:50
    Hi! Simon,

    On 01 Mar 01 13:19, Simon Avery wrote to All:

    This one's got me puzzled and would appreciate any ideas.
    Every time a FASTECHO PACK -RROUTE.FE is performed I get the
    following netmail;

    I'm no great routing king, but if it were me suffering... then I'd make sure that all the ROUTE-TO _target_ addresses exist in the FE node manager.

    Else, try commenting-out the "NO-ROUTE LISTED" and see what happens. (It seems
    to want to negate the effect of the previous ROUTE-TOs.<shrug>)

    Cheers,
    Paul.

    --- BT-W32 2.60XEg6/BinkD-W32 0.9.4
    * Origin: Quinn's Post, node 4 - Maryborough, Qld, OZ (ZMH only) (3:640/384)
  • From Simon Avery@2:255/90 to Paul Quinn on Monday, March 05, 2001 11:49:37
    Paul Quinn on 04 Mar 01 in FE_HELP

    Hello Paul

    This one's got me puzzled and would appreciate any
    ideas. Every time a FASTECHO PACK -RROUTE.FE is
    performed I get the following netmail;
    I'm no great routing king, but if it were me suffering...

    Thanks for the reply, fixed it now.

    --
    Simon
    Devon, England

    --- Digital Dilemma
    * Origin: savery@softhome.net (2:255/90)
  • From Steve Quarrella@1:393/9005 to Simon Avery on Monday, March 05, 2001 16:15:08
    This one's got me puzzled and would appreciate any ideas.

    The one that bugs me is that I'm a FrontDoor user, but every so often, Fastecho
    will create a packet netmail in my outbound with an extension like *.IUT. This
    happens once about every full moon, with no apparent rhyme or reason.

    ---
    * Origin: Where'd you get the gun, John? (1:393/9005)