Hello Alan,

On Thursday April 15 2021 23:17, you wrote to Michael van der Vlist:

I have added PING support to my node here thanks to Stas Mishchenkov's Ping Robot for HPT perl.

It replies to Ping and also supports trace. I have it enabled at
1:153/0 and 1:153/757. 1:153/757.2 also replies to Ping from SBBSecho.

Great!

Tests are on the way... ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Alan,

Friday April 16 2021 09:41, I wrote to you:

It replies to Ping and also supports trace. I have it enabled at
1:153/0 and 1:153/757. 1:153/757.2 also replies to Ping from
SBBSecho.

Great!

Tests are on the way... ;-)

Test passed! ;-)


Next step: Add the PING flag to the nodelist.


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Alan,

On Friday April 16 2021 04:52, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

I've sent a routed netmail to PING@1:153/757, 2 hours ago. No
response yet...

I haven't seen anything from your node yet, maybe it took the scenic route?

The problem is not at your end. I send pings to 1:153/757 and 1:153/757.2 routed via 1:153/7715. I got ping and trace responses within a couple of minutes.

However, no reply from a ping to 1:153/0 yet...


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Alan,

On Friday April 16 2021 06:21, you wrote to me:

However, no reply from a ping to 1:153/0 yet...

1:153/7715 used to fly 1:153/0. I wonder if that AKA is still in his config.

It is not in his binkd handshake, but it may still be somewhere else in his system...

I will ask him to check what happens to mail for 153/0 there.

Do that. That is what ping is for isn't it? To trace and fix routing problems and we seem to have found a routing problem here...


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Anna,

On Friday April 16 2021 17:34, you wrote to FidoNews Robot:

My BBS, Imzadi Box 2:240/5824, also supports PING mails and should
respond correctly.

It does. I got a PING response from your SBBSecho.

A test to see if it also supports TRACE failed. No big deal.

The thing with a nodelist update for my system is ... not so easy, I
don't know if/when the change could be applied.

Just write a netmail to Torsten Bamberg to the effect that you want the PING flag added to your listing. That is what NCs are for. ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Alan,

On Friday April 16 2021 15:28, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

A response hasn't arrrived yet...

I did get that message, Ping replied and packed that reply to
153/7715. I was thinking but I could be wrong that Dallas had a fairly direct route to net 280.

He does, he has a direct link with me. I got your PINg responze via that link. So I wonder why he does not use that link to route all mail for net 280 to me...


Cheers, Michiel

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Hi! Ward,

On 04/17/2021 01:07 AM, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

I've sent a routed netmail to PING@1:153/757, 2 hours ago. No response
yet...

Where are the days that a reply within the week was considered OK.

That was pre-MXMXI. Welcome to MMXXI! Please adjust your PLayboy calendar.

Cheers,
Paul.

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Hello Wilfred,

On Saturday April 17 2021 00:42, you wrote to me:

MvdV>> He does, he has a direct link with me. I got your PINg responze
MvdV>> via that link.

But I didn't?

MvdV>> So I wonder why he does not use that link to route all mail for
MvdV>> net 280 to me...

So where did he route the netmail for me? And why didn't it arrive
here... Mysteries... :-(

I do not know, we will have to ask Dallas. I will leave that to Allan, it is his RC.

This PING thing /is/ useful for tracing routing problems... ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Ward,

That was pre-MXMXI. Welcome to MMXXI! Please adjust your PLayboy
calendar.

I think you need to freshen up on your Roman numerals.

Early Playboy calendars were way better, real tits ... not photoshopped. (sorry ladies for my language)

Raquel Welch still looks good - even on her 80th birthday.
Which was yesterday. Happy Birthday, Raquel!

--Lee

--
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

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Hello Kostie,

On Saturday April 17 2021 14:21, you wrote to michiel.van.der.vlist:

I just finished a ping robot that *should* be working with sbbsecho if
you want to test - ping@1:342/17

Test on the way...


Cheers, Michiel

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On 17/04/2021 10:21, 2292/854 wrote:

That was pre-MXMXI.  Welcome to MMXXI!  Please adjust your PLayboy
calendar.

I think you need to freshen up on your Roman numerals.

Early Playboy calendars were way better, real tits ... not photoshopped. (sorry ladies for my language)

I'm sure that the ladies know what tits are.

--
Regards
David

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On 18/04/2021 06:15, 2203/2 wrote:

Early Playboy calendars were way better, real tits ... not photoshopped.
(sorry ladies for my language)

Raquel Welch still looks good - even on her 80th birthday.
Which was yesterday. Happy Birthday, Raquel!

Hers may not be photo-shopped, but are they real?

--
Regards
David

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Hello Anna,

On Monday April 19 2021 11:30, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

So there is something wrong with your IPv6 inbound, so it
seems...

Thank you for the information!

It should now work again. But I don't really know what the problem
was... After a reboot of the BBS, it is working again?!?

Nope.

+ 11:57 [3220] call to 2:240/5824@fidonet
11:57 [3220] trying box.imzadi.de [2001:470:540b:0:f1d0:2:240:5824]...
? 11:57 [3220] connection to 2:240/5824@fidonet failed: {W32 API error
10060} Connection timed out
11:57 [3220] trying box.imzadi.de [217.81.92.195]...
11:57 [3220] connected
+ 11:57 [3220] outgoing session with box.imzadi.de:24554 [217.81.92.195]
- 11:57 [3220] OPT CRAM-MD5-352a7e3b5ec232424756600d79b7baff CRYPT
+ 11:57 [3220] Remote requests MD mode
+ 11:57 [3220] Remote requests CRYPT mode


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello David,

That was pre-MXMXI.  Welcome to MMXXI!  Please adjust your PLayboy
calendar.

I think you need to freshen up on your Roman numerals.

Early Playboy calendars were way better, real tits ... not

photoshopped.

(sorry ladies for my language)

I'm sure that the ladies know what tits are.

If you are jealous, get some fenugreek and make a tea.
The more you drink, the bigger your tits.
And also the more milk you will make.
Problem is, you might have to buy you a whole new wardrrobe ...

--Lee

--
Get Her Wet Here

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Hello Paul,

It works nicely on a (Ubuntu) calculator.

A good reason not to use it. It's wrong.

I know that. OTOH, I consider MXM as being correct while adding XI was a pleasant surprise, and suited my intended purpose perfectly.

Do you have Dutch ancestry?

No. But I've got the next best thing. Cajun politicians who
think they are Dutch, mistaking dikes for levees.

You see, we have levees in Louisiana. After Katrina hit New Orleans,
our politicians flew to Holland where the Dutch taught them how to fix
their dikes. Now, do realize levees and dikes are not quite the same
thing. Which means I am doomed. So now I know I'd best keep my pirogue
in unsinkable condition, else there will be no more of me come next
hurricane comes this way.

--Lee

--
Lovin' beats hatin'.

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Hi! Lee,

On 19 Apr 2021, Lee Lofaso said the following...

thing. Which means I am doomed. So now I know I'd best keep my pirogue
in unsinkable condition, else there will be no more of me come next hurricane comes this way.

Yes. I have seen what may happen. Your best option is to head west. Start practicing Texican, old chap.

Cheers,
Paul.

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PING robot survey, a follow up
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

Eight weeks ago I published a PING robot survey. This is a follow up.

I had hoped that my previous article would encourage sysops to add
PING funtionality to their systems, but so far the result is only
two new PING flags in the nodelist and one sysop who is working on
it.

Note that I write PING in capitals. To emphesize the difference
between the Fidonet "PING" and the IP level "ping" of the InterNet.

The two new systems are:

1:229/426 AKA 1:1/0 and 2:5058/104 AKA 2:5058/0.

The number of unique systems flying a PING flag in the nodelist is
now 38. 10 in Z1, 27 in Z2 and 1 in Z3. Of those 38, 7 fly a PING
flag, but have no active PING responder or the system is off-line.
They should either have the PING flag removed, fix the PING
responder or be removed from the nodelist.

There are 2 systems that list a PING flag in the Z2 pointlist. They
respond to a PING.



So here are the results:



Node nr. Reply by/ Always answers from addressed AKA
Status | Supports Trace
| | AKAs
| | |

1:19/10 Mailguard Y

1:116/116 Ping down 1:116/0

1:124/5016 SBBSecho Y N

1:135/300 Ping down 1:135/0

1:229/101 Diskshop Tracker N Y 1:12/0 1:12/1

1:229/426 O/T+ N Y 1:1/0 1:1/130 1:229/0

1:320/119 Ping Service Y Y 1:320/0 1:142/0

1:320/219 Ping Service Y Y 1:1/19
1:320/319 Ping Service Y Y 1:1/119

1:3634/12 SBBSecho N N 1:1/120 18/0 3634/0 3634/12

2:221/1 O/T-Track N Y 2:221/0 2:221/360

2:221/6 Pong @ hpt Y

2:240/1120 Itrack+ N Y 2/1003 240/1200 56/0 530/0 382/0

2:2432/200 Pvt, No Reply

2:2432/920 Node Down

2:2448/1021 PING * N 2:2448/0

2:280/464 Fmail Y Y

2:280/464.112 Fmail Y Y

2:280/5555 Fmail Y Y 2:28/0

2:280/5555.1 Fmail Y Y

2:292/854 Lord of the Ping N N 2:2/0 2/1000 2/1002 292/80

2:292/8125 Fmail Y Y 2:29/0

2:423/39 Robot (Bash) N

2:460/58 Ping Robot Y Y 2:460/0

2:461/79 Node Down

2:463/68 Craxy Mail Robot Y

2:463/2223 Ping Robot N 2:46/200

2:4642/7 Node Down

2:5019/40 Netmail Daemon N Y 2:5019/0

2:5020/545 pong.pl Y

2:5020/601 Node Down

2:5020/846 Ping-Pong Robot Y

2:5020/1042 RNTrack Y

2:5020/2065 FTrack

2:5021/46 Candle Y Y 2:5021/0

2:5053/58 Ping Robot Y

2:5058/104 hpt/lnx Y Y 2:5058/0

2:5080/102 Ping Down

2:6035/3 Ping Robot Y

3:712/848 Mailer-daemon Y Y 3:3/0 3:712/0


* 2:2448/0 is an AKA of 2:2448/1021. But only 2:2448/1021 flies the
PING flag and answers on a PING request.



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