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howto:dove-net-for-mystic [2025/09/05 14:00] – Over-haul this how-to article to make it specific to DOVE-Net and more clear digital manhowto:dove-net-for-mystic [2026/04/19 13:08] (current) – [Configure Message Conferences] contribution from Dimitri (Greek Times) digital man
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   - If everything was set up properly, Mystic will connect with your hub, and download new messages for your bases.   - If everything was set up properly, Mystic will connect with your hub, and download new messages for your bases.
   - Set up an event to poll your hub at specific intervals. There is an example event in Mystic which can be used as a reference.   - Set up an event to poll your hub at specific intervals. There is an example event in Mystic which can be used as a reference.
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 +===== Echo Tag Field =====
 +**Important (Avoiding FidoNet Conflicts)**
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 +If your BBS also carries FidoNet echomail, there is one more field you need to pay attention to: the Echo Tag.
 +Mystic has two separate name fields for each message base that can be easy to confuse:
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 +  - QWK Name - Used by QWK networking (DOVE-Net). This is what identifies the conference in QWK/REP packets exchanged with Vertrauen. Leave this set to the conference name provided in the network information (e.g., "SyncData", "Ads", "DOVE-Net").
 +  - Echo Tag - Used by mutil's ImportEchoMail for FidoNet echomail processing. This is how mutil decides which message base to put an inbound FidoNet message into. It matches the area tag from the FidoNet packet to this field (case-insensitive).
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 +The problem: some DOVE-Net conference names are identical to FidoNet echo area names. For example, FidoNet carries echoes called SYNCDATA, ADS, DEBATE, TECHNICAL, INTERNET, and others. If your Echo Tag for a DOVE-Net base is set to "SyncData" and you also receive a FidoNet echo called SYNCDATA, mutil will import FidoNet messages into your DOVE-Net base. The next time qwkpoll runs, those FidoNet messages get exported to Vertrauen as DOVE-Net traffic. This is considered as unauthorized gating and you might get your node's posting privileges suspended till the issue is resolved.
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 +To prevent this, give all your DOVE-Net message bases an Echo Tag with a unique prefix. For example:
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 +| QWK Name: SyncData       | Echo Tag: DOVE_SyncData  | 
 +| QWK Name: Ads            | Echo Tag: DOVE_Ads       | 
 +| QWK Name: DOVE-Net       | Echo Tag: DOVE_General   | 
 +| QWK Name: Technical      | Echo Tag: DOVE_Technical | 
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 +The "DOVE_" prefix ensures that no FidoNet echo will ever match your DOVE-Net bases. QWK networking is not affected, since it uses the QWK Name and QWK Base ID, not the Echo Tag.
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 +If your BBS does not carry FidoNet echomail at all, this is not a concern, but it is still good practice to set distinctive Echo Tags in case you add FidoNet in the future. 
  
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