[Dxspider-support] mail forwarding

[Charlie Carroll]

Dirk:
If you want to see it, use 205.247.190.48 7300.  Message #39.

charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dirk Koopman" <djk at tobit.co.uk>
To: <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] mail forwarding


> On 16 Apr 2001 21:00:12 -0400, Charlie Carroll wrote:
> > I noticed a problem today with forwarding of personal mail.  I had a
piece
> > of mail on the W1HR node that was addressed to W1GG.  When I did a sh/st
for
> > W1GG, I found that he was connected to the K1TTT node, but his listed
home
> > node was K2RVW which was not connected at that time.  So, even though
W1GG
> > was connected in the Cluster, a piece of personal mail was not
forwarding to
> > him.  This evening I noticed that the same piece of mail was still on
the
> > W1HR, but at this time W1GG was not connected.
> > I logged into my AK1A node and set the homenode for W1GG to K1TTT.  At
this
> > point, the personal mail for W1GG forwarded to the K1TTT node.
> > >From this, it seems that forwarding of personal mail occurs when the
> > specified homenode is connected to the cluster, and not when the
addressee
> > is connected to the cluster.
>
> This is not normal behaviour. I would expect personal mail to follow its
> recipient about. It does here (Yes, I know it's annoying when the
> programmer says that, but in this case it is true).
>
> >
> > However, another personal mail forwarding problem is also evident.
Right
> > now there is a piece of personal mail on W1HR which is addressed to
KE2S.
> > When I first noticed this problem earlier today, KE2S was NOT connected.
> > His listed homenode, W2JT, WAS connected.  In this case, message
forwarding
> > does not seem to be related to the homenode.  To confirm this premise, I
set
> > the homenode for KE2S to a node that was connected to the cluster.  The
> > message did not forward.  Even returning his homenode to the original
one,
> > did not cause the message to forward.
> >
>
> None of this concurs with my experience.
>
> One known problem is 'personal mail bouncing' and this occurs either
> when a homenode is set and the user connects to some other node, but
> doesn't read his mail. The mail will go from the homenode to the other
> node and then when he logs off - it comes back.
>
> A worse version of this is when a node 'A' has the user as homenode 'B'
> and node 'B' as the user as homenode 'A'. The mail then happily forwards
> back and forth until the user reads it or else one or other sysop fixes
> the homenode.
>
> In anycase, unless this is a problem I can reproduce and fix more or
> less right now, I am trying to get 1.47 out as a 'release'. Message
> handling does have some known problems (but not, until now, these ones)
> and is scheduled for a pull-thru for 1.48.
>
> Dirk G1TLH
>
>
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