Netmails sent to 21:1/100 with the subject of PING in the should now get an automated reply. The same for 3:770/1 which also resides at the same system.

A routeto command does not seem to work though.

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Re: PING
By: Avon to All on Tue Apr 27 2021 07:56 pm

A routeto command does not seem to work though.

Yeah, that's odd. Either Stas's update broke it, or maybe my changes for the PVT flag broke it. I'll test that out a bit and see if I can figure out why that's not working.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 27 Apr 2021 at 01:03a, Al pondered and said...

Yeah, that's odd. Either Stas's update broke it, or maybe my changes for the PVT flag broke it. I'll test that out a bit and see if I can figure out why that's not working.

I'd like to fly the PING in the nodelist but not sure I should just yet :)

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Re: Re: PING
By: Avon to Al on Tue Apr 27 2021 08:08 pm

I'd like to fly the PING in the nodelist but not sure I should just yet :)

You are supporting ping and trace now so I think you can go ahead and add the flag.

I'm sure the %routeto command can be made to work once we know what the issue is a fix will follow.

I just pinged your node and had a reply one minute later.. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 27 Apr 2021 at 01:16a, Al pondered and said...

You are supporting ping and trace now so I think you can go ahead and
add the flag.

How does trace work? I'll add the PING flag to 1/100

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Re: Re: PING
By: Avon to Al on Tue Apr 27 2021 08:17 pm

How does trace work? I'll add the PING flag to 1/100

The trace function replies to messages addressed to ping that go through your node. It replies showing the kludge and via lines the same as a ping request.

If you send a ping to another node via your hub, your hub will send you a reply that says your message passed through your node and send the ping on toward it's destination.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 27 Apr 2021 at 01:28a, Al pondered and said...

The trace function replies to messages addressed to ping that go through your node. It replies showing the kludge and via lines the same as a
ping request.

If you send a ping to another node via your hub, your hub will send you
a reply that says your message passed through your node and send the
ping on toward it's destination.

OK thanks, that's helpful to understand :)

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Re: PING
By: Avon to All on Tue Apr 27 2021 07:56 pm

A routeto command does not seem to work though.

The %RouteTo: command does seem to work. I just sent a ping from 1:153/757.2 to 1:153/757 and put %RouteTo: 3:770/1 and my reply was packed for 3:770/1.

I am just awaiting the reply that I think will be here shortly.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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