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Re: Crash Netmail

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From: dan.clough@VERT/RETRO (Dan Clough)
To: Flavio Bessa
Subject: Re: Crash Netmail
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:48:00 +0000
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by: Dan Clough - Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:48 UTC

-=> Flavio Bessa wrote to Paul Hayton <=-

PH> Can you give me an example of what's happening now and what you would
PH> like to happen?

FB> All right, my node is 4:801/188 and I connect to the hub at
FB> 4:80/1.

FB> 4:80/1 has a direct link to 2:292/854. Route Info at Hub
FB> states that all netmail towards 2:* should go through there.

FB> 4:801/188 has the Crash Netmail flag on at the Configuration
FB> part.

FB> If I send a message to Bjorn Felten, 2:203/0, despite my
FB> nodelist is updated inside Mystic, netmail is routed through
FB> 4:80/1 -> 2:292/854 -> 2:203/0 instead of going directly to
FB> 2:203/0....

I don't know how to set it in Mystic, but having the Crash flag set is
not enough. You also need to set a DIRECT flag. A message can have a
"Crash" status but that does not mean it will go directly to the
recipient unless it is ALSO set to DIRECT.

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