#111 hpt inserts junk into netmail packets

[Anonymous]

Platform: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE i386
hpt/fbsd 1.4.0-sta 16-02-06 from ports (husky-hpt-devel-1.4.r5)

When packing netmail from a JAM area, hpt inserts junk into outbound packets around the INTL, TPT and FMPT kludges. This does not happen if netmail is kept in a MSG area.

How to reproduce: configure hpt to store netmail in a Jam area, toss and pack a netmail message, view the resulting packet with catpkt or any other viewer.

Workaround: don't store netmail in a JAM area.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

hpt log, examples of packets with junk

[Victor Sudakov]

Here is the almost complete config, with passwords and boring EchoArea definitions removed.

# by VAS

Name Ulthar
Location Tomsk
Sysop Victor Sudakov
LogLevels 123456789
Address 2:5005/49
Address 2:5005/149
Unpack "/usr/local/bin/unzip -j -Loqq $a -d $p" 0 504b0304
Pack zip /usr/local/bin/zip -9 -j -q $a $f

Link PG
Aka 2:5005/14
Password XXXXXXXXX
allowEmptyPktPwd secure
PktPwd
AutoAreaCreate on
AutoAreaCreateDefaults -g F -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 -b Jam
AutoFileCreate on
Packer zip
echoMailFlavour crash
accessgrp F,R

Link pLuto
Aka 2:5005/77
Password XXXXXXXXXX
allowEmptyPktPwd secure
PktPwd
AutoAreaCreate on
AutoAreaCreateDefaults -g F -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 -b Jam
AutoFileCreate on
Packer zip
echoMailFlavour crash
accessgrp F,R

Link Scrap
Aka 2:5005/28
Password XXXXXXXXXXX
allowEmptyPktPwd secure
PktPwd
AutoAreaCreate on
AutoAreaCreateDefaults -g F -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 -b Jam
AutoFileCreate on
Packer zip
echoMailFlavour crash
accessgrp F,R

Link VAS
Aka 2:5005/49.1
Password XXXXXXXXXX
allowEmptyPktPwd secure
PktPwd
AutoAreaCreate off
Packer zip
echoMailFlavour hold
accessgrp F

Link Wlad
Aka 2:5005/49.5
Password XXXXXXXXXx
allowEmptyPktPwd secure
PktPwd
AutoAreaCreate off
Packer zip
echoMailFlavour hold
accessgrp F

Link Julia
Aka 2:5005/49.13
Password XXXXXXXXXXXX
allowEmptyPktPwd secure
PktPwd
AutoAreaCreate off
Packer zip
echoMailFlavour hold
accessgrp F

Route normal noroute 2:5005/49.*
Route normal noroute 2:5005/149.*
Route normal boss 2:5005/77.*
Route normal 2:5005/14 1:* 2:* 3:* 4:* 5:*

inbound /var/spool/fido/inbound
ProtInbound /var/spool/fido/protinb
Localinbound /var/spool/fido/localinb
Outbound /var/spool/fido/outbound
tempOutbound /var/spool/fido/tempoutb
tempInbound /var/spool/fido/tempinb
MsgBaseDir /var/spool/fido/msgbase
FileAreaBaseDir /var/spool/fido/filebox
PassFileAreaDir /var/spool/fido/filebox
logFileDir /var/spool/fido/logs
DupeHistoryDir /var/spool/fido/msgbase
AreafixHelp /usr/local/etc/fido/areafix.hlp
lockfile /var/spool/fido/flags/hpt.lock

NetmailArea Netmail /var/spool/fido/netmail -b Jam
BadArea bad /var/spool/fido/msgbase/badarea -b Jam
LocalArea carbonArea /var/spool/fido/msgbase/carbonarea -b Jam
CarbonTo Victor Sudakov
CarbonCopy carbonArea
echotosslog /var/spool/fido/logs/echotoss.log
importlog /var/spool/fido/logs/import.log
#LinkWithImportLog kill
DupeArea dupes /var/spool/fido/msgbase/dupearea -b Jam
robotsArea Netmail
ReportTo ULTHAR.LOCAL
#areafixReportsAttr loc
areasFileNameCase Upper

#dupebasetype HashDupes
areasmaxdupeage 20
forwardRequests on
NodelistDir /var/spool/fido/nodelist
NodeList nodelist
#magic /var/spool/fido/magic
public /var/spool/fido/public
screenLogLevels 9B

LogEchoToScreen

# User's settings

# User's areas generated by hpt

EchoArea starper.unlimited /var/spool/fido/msgbase/starper.unlimited -g F -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 -b Squish 2:5005/14 2:5005/49.5 2:5005/49.13
EchoArea ru.unix.bsd /var/spool/fido/msgbase/ru.unix.bsd -g F -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 -b Jam 2:5005/14 2:5005/49.5 2:5005/49.13
EchoArea ru.aviation /var/spool/fido/msgbase/ru.aviation -g F -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 -b Jam 2:5005/14
[dd]

[Robert James Clay]

This is somewhat old; will need to verify if the issue is still present and/or has already been resolved.