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#13 confugurable usage "To" clause in .TIC
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Msg : #21 [25] +24
From : Jesper SĄrensen 2:204/255
14 Nov 02 20:48:50
To : All 15 Nov 02
09:00:12
Subj : Htick & ancient tic processors
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My ZC is complaining to me because his stone age tic
processor is unable to
handle the tic files generated by Htick on my system.
The problem is that Htick
inserts "To 2:292/854" into the tic files, and that line is
not stripped by his
software but instead forwarded to his downlinks, whose
software is NOT stone
age and therefore sees the "to" line and logically rejects
the file.
I've tried to disable the to-lines in the Htick, but if I do
that Htick abends
when handling files for busy links. It obviously needs
that line to find out
where to send the file, if it wasn't sent directly (because
of busy link).
I've suggested to Mr. Dossche that he either tries to find
himself a newer
piece of software or filters the incoming tic files
through "grep -v ^To".
Unfortunately he didn't seem to like any of those options.
Would it be possible to disable to-lines in Htick, without
it abending? Anyone
has a better idea?
Jesper,
yeppe@enjoy.cc
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FSC-87: "TO" clause is optional:
^ TO [Address] OPTIONAL
Site to which this TIC and the assocaited file are
being sent.
This keyword is included in the .TIC file when:
a) the file is being routed via another system which
permits
such routing.
b) the platform in use does not have any FTN
software
independant method of associating a file
nd it's
destination. eg. platforms that do not have
filenotes
that could contain this information as part of
the
filesystem.
If the address in the TO line is that of the receiving
site, the
field is not passed through when forwarding. If the
address in
the TO lines IS NOT that of the receiving site, it
should be
forwarded to the TO site, if a routing agreement is in
place with
the sending site.