[nos-bbs] Junk Headers

Chris Maness christopher.maness at gmail.com
Tue Aug 19 09:32:42 EDT 2025


It is on.  What sets this variable, and is it necessary?  Is it a
compile time option, or a runtime option?

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM Maiko Langelaar (Personal)
<maiko at pcsinternet.ca> wrote:
>
> The only other possibility that I can see (so far) in the code is :
>
>     jnos> bulletin check
>     Use R: to check buls: off
>
> IF this is on, it may required certain X- headers to function properly.
>
> Maiko
>
> On 8/19/25 08:02, Chris Maness wrote:
>
> > Thanks, I will have a look at this.  My smtptoo does nothing to turn
> > off the X-* lines for some reason.
> >
> > -Chris KQ6UP
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM Mark Herson, N2MH <n2mh at n2mh.net> wrote:
> >> For what it's worth...
> >>
> >> Normally I run jnos with `mbox smtptoo = off` and messages appear as
> >> they would from a non-jnos system. As an experiment, I set
> >> `mbox smtptoo = on`. As a result, the Junk Headers appeared:
> >>
> >>> >From n2mh%n2mh at jnos2.n2mh.ampr.org Mon Aug 18 21:39:12 2025
> >>> Received: from jnos2.n2mh.ampr.org by jnos2.n2mh.ampr.org (jnos 2.0p) with SMTP
> >>>        id AA35826 ; Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:39:12 GMT
> >>> Message-Id: <A8KFIDF_PWXB at n2mh.bbs>
> >>>> From: n2mh%n2mh.bbs at jnos2.n2mh.ampr.org
> >>> X-JNOS-User-Port: Telnet   (n2mh @ 44.64.24.194)  ->  Sending message
> >> When I went back to normal and set 'mbox smtptoo = off`, the Junk
> >> Headers disappeared. Note that when smtptoo was on, the Junk Headers
> >> appeared for traffic passing through jnos as well as traffic originated
> >> on jnos.
> >>
> >> Also, For What It's Worth, I have found that the order of configuration
> >> directives in autoexec.nos is important. As a result, I have grouped all
> >> directives for a given task/service together, apparently in the order of
> >> when those given tasks/services are enabled inside of jnos and are ready
> >> and able to take configuration directives.
> >>
> >> So, my mbox section looks like this:
> >>
> >>> # mbox #
> >>> mbox attend off
> >>> mbox convers on
> >>> mbox fbb 0
> >>> mbox fwdinfo    "jnos 2.0p"
> >>> mbox haddress   n2mh.#nnj.nj.usa.noam
> >>> mbox header on
> >>> mbox mailfor 600
> >>> mbox nobid on
> >>> mbox newmail    on
> >>> mbox nrid       on
> >>> mbox qth        "via Mesh"
> >>> mbox smtptoo    off
> >>> mbox tdisc      120
> >>> mbox timer      30      # forwarding timer
> >>> mbox tmsg       "Welcome to the N2MH jnos BBS - MH2BBS\n"
> >>> mbox winlinkcalls 5u4gb 6al5
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> 73, Mark, N2MH
> >> N2MH at N2MH.#NNJ.NJ.USA.NOAM
> >>
> >>
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-- 
Thanks,
Chris Maness


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