[nos-bbs] Junk Headers

[Chris Maness]

I think I may have broke something by switching it off.  Now my BBS is
not forwarding -- even after switching it back on.  I have never seen
that before.  'Bout to tar the whole spool/mail and start over unless
someone has suggestions.

-Chris KQ6UP

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM Chris Maness
<christopher.maness at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you.  Found it in the JNOS sysop helps too.  Seems to
> check R lines for BBS's that have already been involved in the
> forwarding path so as
> not to forward that bulletin to them (since they should already have
> it).  The only bad
> thing about this for me as I am double homed.  I have DOSBOX running with KQ6UP
> as well.  It always rejects new bulls from this software, but that may
> be a separate issue.
>
> -Chris KQ6UP
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM Maiko Langelaar (Personal)
> <maiko at pcsinternet.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Read the documentation, search for 'bulletin check' :
> >
> >    https://www.langelaar.net/jnos2/documents/manuals/JNOS2-MAN.txt
> >
> > It's been part of JNOS long before I took it over ...
> >
> > This is all about the black magic of R: lines :]
> >
> > M
> >
> > On 8/19/25 08:35, Chris Maness wrote:
> >
> > > Never mind, I see it in my autoexec.nos.  But the question still
> > > stands, do I need this on for something to function correctly?
> > >
> > > -Chris KQ6UP
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM Chris Maness
> > > <christopher.maness at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> 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
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Chris Maness



-- 
Thanks,
Chris Maness