Subj : Issues with node polling in
To   : All
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Sun May 12 2019 08:44 pm

I have a FD running and nodes poll to collect held packets.

There is a new node trying to setup and connect but it seems his connections
sometimes work other times it looks like FD thinks his node is a human caller.

When a connection is made packets held for him are not being sent. The
packets are in a static queue with a status of 'spool hold' and pointing to
files in a directory path with a *.* wildcard

Now the same process is used for all other nodes who poll in and that works
fine, files are sending, just not this new node.

I think the issue is likely to be on his end but am unsure what else to
suggest to him.

Logs at my end look like this

[snip]

= 14:10:10  RING
= 14:10:14  RING
= 14:10:15  CONNECT 57600/ARQ
  14:10:15  Sending text in C:\FD\NOBBS.TXT
+ 14:10:19  The Lower Planes, 21:3/105
~ 14:10:19  SysOp: Spectre
~ 14:10:19  Using: FrontDoor 2.12.SW/Unregistered
: 14:10:19  RTime: 12 May 19, 11:16:56
: 14:10:19  LTime: 12 May 19, 14:10:15 (1200)
~ 14:10:19   Site: Melbourne
~ 14:10:19  Flags: CM
~ 14:10:19  Phone: -Unpublished-
- 14:10:19  sType: EMSI
- 14:10:19  Password protected mail session
* 14:10:26  Rcvd C:\FD\FILES\IN\000B47BF.$00; 191b, 191 CPS
? 14:10:30  Unable to send C:\FD\PLANES\06007C7B.PKT
+ 14:10:30  Mail transfer completed
$ 14:10:30  From 21:3/105, 0:15, 0 (12 CPS)
  14:10:30  No messages to send in this event
- 14:10:31  Scanning received mail
  14:10:31  Msg 33: from 21:3/105 to 21:1/100
= 14:56:44  RING
= 14:56:49  RING
= 14:56:50  CONNECT 57600/ARQ
  14:56:50  Sending text in C:\FD\NOBBS.TXT
+ 14:56:53  The Lower Planes, 21:3/105
~ 14:56:53  SysOp: Spectre
~ 14:56:53  Using: FrontDoor 2.12.SW/Unregistered
: 14:56:53  RTime: 12 May 19, 12:00:08
: 14:56:53  LTime: 12 May 19, 14:56:50 (1200)
~ 14:56:53   Site: Melbourne
~ 14:56:53  Flags: CM
~ 14:56:53  Phone: -Unpublished-
- 14:56:53  sType: EMSI
- 14:56:53  Password protected mail session
? 14:57:05  Unable to send C:\FD\PLANES\06007C7B.PKT
+ 14:57:05  Mail transfer completed
$ 14:57:05  From 21:3/105, 0:15, 0
  14:57:05  No messages to send in this event

[snip]

Any thoughts appreciated, could it be a setting at his end as we have (only
once) had a session earlier on where things did flow

[snip]

= 20:22:46  RING
= 20:22:50  RING
= 20:22:51  CONNECT 57600/ARQ
  20:22:51  Sending text in C:\FD\NOBBS.TXT
+ 20:22:54  The Lower Planes, 21:3/105
~ 20:22:54  SysOp: System Operator
~ 20:22:54  Using: FrontDoor 2.12.SW/Unregistered
: 20:22:54  RTime: 09 May 19, 18:20:56
: 20:22:54  LTime: 09 May 19, 20:22:51 (1200)
~ 20:22:54   Site: Melbourne, Australia
~ 20:22:54  Phone: -Unpublished-
- 20:22:54  sType: EMSI
- 20:22:54  Password protected mail session
? 20:23:00  Unable to send C:\FD\TEMP\0013F47D.PKT
+ 20:23:01  Mail transfer completed
$ 20:23:01  From 21:3/105, 0:10, 0
  20:23:01  1 active bundle (1 on hold)
= 20:30:47  RING
= 20:30:51  RING
= 20:30:52  CONNECT 57600/ARQ
  20:30:52  Sending text in C:\FD\NOBBS.TXT
+ 20:30:55  The Lower Planes, 21:3/105
~ 20:30:55  SysOp: System Operator
~ 20:30:55  Using: FrontDoor 2.12.SW/Unregistered
: 20:30:55  RTime: 09 May 19, 18:28:56
: 20:30:55  LTime: 09 May 19, 20:30:52 (1200)
~ 20:30:55   Site: Melbourne, Australia
~ 20:30:55  Phone: -Unpublished-
- 20:30:55  sType: EMSI
- 20:30:55  Password protected mail session
* 20:31:01  Sent C:\FD\TEMP\0013F47D.PKT; 462b, 462 CPS
* 20:31:03  Sent C:\FD\PLANES\00A395CF.PKT; 3292b, 3292 CPS
  20:31:03  Removed sent file C:\FD\PLANES\00A395CF.PKT
* 20:31:05  Sent C:\FD\PLANES\00C23FE8.PKT; 1795b, 1795 CPS
  20:31:05  Removed sent file C:\FD\PLANES\00C23FE8.PKT
* 20:31:06  Sent C:\FD\PLANES\00C500F6.PKT; 1560b, 0 CPS
  20:31:06  Removed sent file C:\FD\PLANES\00C500F6.PKT

[snip]

It's weird.

Best, Paul

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