fix sending msgs to g1tlh-2 (and not to g1tlh, - and 2)
[spider.git] / perl / DXMsg.pm
index 63710e4b8f8a622d42fbd6271a802ff02155d711..677888f850948c490c9be43ebbc34abd7e30e49c 100644 (file)
@@ -5,26 +5,38 @@
 # Copyright (c) 1998 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
 #
 # $Id$
-# 
+#
+#
+# Notes for implementors:-
+#
+# PC28 field 11 is the RR required flag
+# PC28 field 12 is a VIA routing (ie it is a node call) 
+#
 
 package DXMsg;
 
-@ISA = qw(DXProt DXChannel);
-
 use DXUtil;
 use DXChannel;
 use DXUser;
 use DXM;
-use DXCluster;
 use DXProtVars;
 use DXProtout;
 use DXDebug;
 use DXLog;
-use FileHandle;
-use Carp;
+use IO::File;
+use Fcntl;
 
 use strict;
-use vars qw(%work @msg $msgdir %valid %busy $maxage $last_clean);
+
+use vars qw($VERSION $BRANCH);
+$VERSION = sprintf( "%d.%03d", q$Revision$ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/ );
+$BRANCH = sprintf( "%d.%03d", q$Revision$ =~ /\d+\.\d+\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/ ) || 0;
+$main::build += $VERSION;
+$main::branch += $BRANCH;
+
+use vars qw(%work @msg $msgdir %valid %busy $maxage $last_clean $residencetime
+                       @badmsg @swop $swopfn $badmsgfn $forwardfn @forward $timeout $waittime
+                   $queueinterval $lastq $importfn $minchunk $maxchunk $bulltopriv);
 
 %work = ();                                            # outstanding jobs
 @msg = ();                                             # messages we have
@@ -32,28 +44,51 @@ use vars qw(%work @msg $msgdir %valid %busy $maxage $last_clean);
 $msgdir = "$main::root/msg";   # directory contain the msgs
 $maxage = 30 * 86400;                  # the maximum age that a message shall live for if not marked 
 $last_clean = 0;                               # last time we did a clean
+@forward = ();                  # msg forward table
+@badmsg = ();                                  # bad message table
+@swop = ();                                            # swop table
+$timeout = 30*60;               # forwarding timeout
+$waittime = 30*60;              # time an aborted outgoing message waits before trying again
+$queueinterval = 1*60;          # run the queue every 1 minute
+$lastq = 0;
+
+$minchunk = 4800;               # minimum chunk size for a split message
+$maxchunk = 6000;               # maximum chunk size
+$bulltopriv = 1;                               # convert msgs with callsigns to private if they are bulls
+$residencetime = 2*86400;       # keep deleted messages for this amount of time
+
+
+$badmsgfn = "$msgdir/badmsg.pl";    # list of TO address we wont store
+$forwardfn = "$msgdir/forward.pl";  # the forwarding table
+$swopfn = "$msgdir/swop.pl";        # the swopping table
+$importfn = "$msgdir/import";       # import directory
+
 
 %valid = (
-                 fromnode => '9,From Node',
-                 tonode => '9,To Node',
+                 fromnode => '5,From Node',
+                 tonode => '5,To Node',
                  to => '0,To',
                  from => '0,From',
                  t => '0,Msg Time,cldatetime',
-                 private => '9,Private',
+                 private => '5,Private,yesno',
                  subject => '0,Subject',
                  linesreq => '0,Lines per Gob',
-                 rrreq => '9,Read Confirm',
+                 rrreq => '5,Read Confirm,yesno',
                  origin => '0,Origin',
                  lines => '5,Data',
                  stream => '9,Stream No',
-                 count => '9,Gob Linecnt',
-                 file => '9,File?,yesno',
-                 gotit => '9,Got it Nodes,parray',
-                 lines => '9,Lines,parray',
-                 read => '9,Times read',
+                 count => '5,Gob Linecnt',
+                 file => '5,File?,yesno',
+                 gotit => '5,Got it Nodes,parray',
+                 lines => '5,Lines,parray',
+                 'read' => '5,Times read',
                  size => '0,Size',
                  msgno => '0,Msgno',
                  keep => '0,Keep this?,yesno',
+                 lastt => '5,Last processed,cldatetime',
+                 waitt => '5,Wait until,cldatetime',
+                 delete => '5,Awaiting Delete,yesno',
+                 deletetime => '5,Deletion Time,cldatetime',
                 );
 
 # allocate a new object
@@ -65,7 +100,7 @@ sub alloc
        $self->{msgno} = shift;
        my $to = shift;
        #  $to =~ s/-\d+$//o;
-       $self->{to} = $to;
+       $self->{to} = ($to eq $main::mycall) ? $main::myalias : $to;
        my $from = shift;
        $from =~ s/-\d+$//o;
        $self->{from} = uc $from;
@@ -73,108 +108,173 @@ sub alloc
        $self->{private} = shift;
        $self->{subject} = shift;
        $self->{origin} = shift;
-       $self->{read} = shift;
+       $self->{'read'} = shift;
        $self->{rrreq} = shift;
+       $self->{delete} = shift;
+       $self->{deletetime} = shift;
        $self->{gotit} = [];
+#      $self->{lastt} = $main::systime;
+       $self->{lines} = [];
+       $self->{private} = 1 if $bulltopriv && DXUser->get_current($self->{to});
     
        return $self;
 }
 
-sub workclean
-{
-       my $ref = shift;
-       delete $ref->{lines};
-       delete $ref->{linesreq};
-       delete $ref->{tonode};
-       delete $ref->{fromnode};
-       delete $ref->{stream};
-       delete $ref->{lines};
-       delete $ref->{file};
-       delete $ref->{count};
-}
 
 sub process
 {
        my ($self, $line) = @_;
-       my @f = split /[\^\~]/, $line;
+
+       # this is periodic processing
+       if (!$self || !$line) {
+
+               if ($main::systime >= $lastq + $queueinterval) {
+
+                       # queue some message if the interval timer has gone off
+                       queue_msg(0);
+
+                       # import any messages in the import directory
+                       import_msgs();
+                       
+                       $lastq = $main::systime;
+               }
+
+               # clean the message queue
+               clean_old() if $main::systime - $last_clean > 3600 ;
+               $last_clean = $main::systime;
+               return;
+       }
+
+       my @f = split /\^/, $line;
        my ($pcno) = $f[0] =~ /^PC(\d\d)/; # just get the number
-       
+       my ($tonode, $fromnode) = @f[1, 2];
+       my $stream = $f[3] if ($pcno >= 29 && $pcno <= 33) || $pcno == 42;
+
  SWITCH: {
                if ($pcno == 28) {              # incoming message
+
+                       # sort out various extant protocol errors that occur
+                       my $origin = $f[13];
+                       $origin = $self->call unless $origin && $origin gt ' ';
+
+                       # first look for any messages in the busy queue 
+                       # and cancel them this should both resolve timed out incoming messages
+                       # and crossing of message between nodes, incoming messages have priority
+
+                       my $ref = get_busy($fromnode);
+                       if ($ref) {
+                               my $otonode = $ref->{tonode} || "unknown";
+                               dbg("Busy, stopping msgno: $ref->{msgno} $fromnode->$otonode") if isdbg('msg');
+                               $ref->stop_msg($fromnode);
+                       }
+
                        my $t = cltounix($f[5], $f[6]);
-                       my $stream = next_transno($f[2]);
-                       my $ref = DXMsg->alloc($stream, uc $f[3], $f[4], $t, $f[7], $f[8], $f[13], '0', $f[11]);
+                       $stream = next_transno($fromnode);
+                       $ref = DXMsg->alloc($stream, uc $f[3], $f[4], $t, $f[7], $f[8], $origin, '0', $f[11]);
                        
                        # fill in various forwarding state variables
-                       $ref->{fromnode} = $f[2];
-                       $ref->{tonode} = $f[1];
+                       $ref->{fromnode} = $fromnode;
+                       $ref->{tonode} = $tonode;
                        $ref->{rrreq} = $f[11];
                        $ref->{linesreq} = $f[10];
                        $ref->{stream} = $stream;
                        $ref->{count} = 0;      # no of lines between PC31s
-                       dbg('msg', "new message from $f[4] to $f[3] '$f[8]' stream $stream\n");
-                       $work{"$f[2]$stream"} = $ref; # store in work
-                       $busy{$f[2]} = $ref; # set interlock
-                       $self->send(DXProt::pc30($f[2], $f[1], $stream)); # send ack
+                       dbg("new message from $f[4] to $f[3] '$f[8]' stream $fromnode/$stream\n") if isdbg('msg');
+                       Log('msg', "Incoming message $f[4] to $f[3] '$f[8]' origin: $origin" );
+                       set_fwq($fromnode, $stream, $ref); # store in work
+                       set_busy($fromnode, $ref); # set interlock
+                       $self->send(DXProt::pc30($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # send ack
+                       $ref->{lastt} = $main::systime;
+
+                       # look to see whether this is a non private message sent to a known callsign
+                       my $uref = DXUser->get_current($ref->{to});
+                       if (is_callsign($ref->{to}) && !$ref->{private} && $uref && $uref->homenode) {
+                               $ref->{private} = 1;
+                               dbg("set bull to $ref->{to} to private") if isdbg('msg');
+                               Log('msg', "set bull to $ref->{to} to private");
+                       }
                        last SWITCH;
                }
                
                if ($pcno == 29) {              # incoming text
-                       my $ref = $work{"$f[2]$f[3]"};
+                       my $ref = get_fwq($fromnode, $stream);
                        if ($ref) {
-                               push @{$ref->{lines}}, $f[4];
+                               $f[4] =~ s/\%5E/^/g;
+                               if (@{$ref->{lines}}) {
+                                       push @{$ref->{lines}}, $f[4];
+                               } else {
+                                       # temporarily store any R: lines so that we end up with 
+                                       # only the first and last ones stored.
+                                       if ($f[4] =~ m|^R:\d{6}/\d{4}|) {
+                                               push @{$ref->{tempr}}, $f[4];
+                                       } else {
+                                               if (exists $ref->{tempr}) {
+                                                       push @{$ref->{lines}}, shift @{$ref->{tempr}};
+                                                       push @{$ref->{lines}}, pop @{$ref->{tempr}} if @{$ref->{tempr}};
+                                                       delete $ref->{tempr};
+                                               }
+                                               push @{$ref->{lines}}, $f[4];
+                                       } 
+                               }
                                $ref->{count}++;
                                if ($ref->{count} >= $ref->{linesreq}) {
-                                       $self->send(DXProt::pc31($f[2], $f[1], $f[3]));
-                                       dbg('msg', "stream $f[3]: $ref->{count} lines received\n");
+                                       $self->send(DXProt::pc31($fromnode, $tonode, $stream));
+                                       dbg("stream $stream: $ref->{count} lines received\n") if isdbg('msg');
                                        $ref->{count} = 0;
                                }
+                               $ref->{lastt} = $main::systime;
+                       } else {
+                               dbg("PC29 from unknown stream $stream from $fromnode") if isdbg('msg');
+                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # unknown stream
                        }
                        last SWITCH;
                }
                
                if ($pcno == 30) {              # this is a incoming subject ack
-                       my $ref = $work{$f[2]}; # note no stream at this stage
+                       my $ref = get_fwq($fromnode);   # note no stream at this stage
                        if ($ref) {
-                               delete $work{$f[2]};
-                               $ref->{stream} = $f[3];
+                               del_fwq($fromnode);
+                               $ref->{stream} = $stream;
                                $ref->{count} = 0;
                                $ref->{linesreq} = 5;
-                               $work{"$f[2]$f[3]"} = $ref;     # new ref
-                               dbg('msg', "incoming subject ack stream $f[3]\n");
-                               $busy{$f[2]} = $ref; # interlock
-                               $ref->{lines} = [];
-                               push @{$ref->{lines}}, ($ref->read_msg_body);
+                               set_fwq($fromnode, $stream, $ref);      # new ref
+                               set_busy($fromnode, $ref); # interlock
+                               dbg("incoming subject ack stream $stream\n") if isdbg('msg');
+                               $ref->{lines} = [ $ref->read_msg_body ];
                                $ref->send_tranche($self);
+                               $ref->{lastt} = $main::systime;
                        } else {
-                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($f[2], $f[1], $f[3])); # unknown stream
+                               dbg("PC30 from unknown stream $stream from $fromnode") if isdbg('msg');
+                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # unknown stream
                        } 
                        last SWITCH;
                }
                
                if ($pcno == 31) {              # acknowledge a tranche of lines
-                       my $ref = $work{"$f[2]$f[3]"};
+                       my $ref = get_fwq($fromnode, $stream);
                        if ($ref) {
-                               dbg('msg', "tranche ack stream $f[3]\n");
+                               dbg("tranche ack stream $stream\n") if isdbg('msg');
                                $ref->send_tranche($self);
+                               $ref->{lastt} = $main::systime;
                        } else {
-                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($f[2], $f[1], $f[3])); # unknown stream
+                               dbg("PC31 from unknown stream $stream from $fromnode") if isdbg('msg');
+                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # unknown stream
                        } 
                        last SWITCH;
                }
                
                if ($pcno == 32) {              # incoming EOM
-                       dbg('msg', "stream $f[3]: EOM received\n");
-                       my $ref = $work{"$f[2]$f[3]"};
+                       dbg("stream $stream: EOM received\n") if isdbg('msg');
+                       my $ref = get_fwq($fromnode, $stream);
                        if ($ref) {
-                               $self->send(DXProt::pc33($f[2], $f[1], $f[3])); # acknowledge it
+                               $self->send(DXProt::pc33($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # acknowledge it
                                
                                # get the next msg no - note that this has NOTHING to do with the stream number in PC protocol
                                # store the file or message
                                # remove extraneous rubbish from the hash
                                # remove it from the work in progress vector
                                # stuff it on the msg queue
-                               if ($ref->{lines} && @{$ref->{lines}} > 0) { # ignore messages with 0 lines
+                               if ($ref->{lines}) {
                                        if ($ref->{file}) {
                                                $ref->store($ref->{lines});
                                        } else {
@@ -182,49 +282,80 @@ sub process
                                                # does an identical message already exist?
                                                my $m;
                                                for $m (@msg) {
-                                                       if ($ref->{subject} eq $m->{subject} && $ref->{t} == $m->{t} && $ref->{from} eq $m->{from}) {
-                                                               $ref->stop_msg($self);
+                                                       if ($ref->{subject} eq $m->{subject} && $ref->{t} == $m->{t} && $ref->{from} eq $m->{from} && $ref->{to} eq $m->{to}) {
+                                                               $ref->stop_msg($fromnode);
                                                                my $msgno = $m->{msgno};
-                                                               dbg('msg', "duplicate message to $msgno\n");
-                                                               Log('msg', "duplicate message to $msgno");
+                                                               dbg("duplicate message from $ref->{from} -> $ref->{to} to msg: $msgno") if isdbg('msg');
+                                                               Log('msg', "duplicate message from $ref->{from} -> $ref->{to} to msg: $msgno");
                                                                return;
                                                        }
                                                }
 
+                                               # swop addresses
+                                               $ref->swop_it($self->call);
+                                               
+                                               # look for 'bad' to addresses 
+                                               if ($ref->dump_it($self->call)) {
+                                                       $ref->stop_msg($fromnode);
+                                                       dbg("'Bad' message $ref->{to}") if isdbg('msg');
+                                                       Log('msg', "'Bad' message $ref->{to}");
+                                                       return;
+                                               }
+
+                                               # check the message for bad words 
+                                               my @words;
+                                               for (@{$ref->{lines}}) {
+                                                       push @words, BadWords::check($_);
+                                               }
+                                               push @words, BadWords::check($ref->{subject});
+                                               if (@words) {
+                                                       dbg("$ref->{from} swore: '@words' -> $ref->{to} '$ref->{subject}' origin: $ref->{origin} via " . $self->call) if isdbg('msg');
+                                                       Log('msg',"$ref->{from} swore: '@words' -> $ref->{to} origin: $ref->{origin} via " . $self->call);
+                                                       Log('msg',"subject: $ref->{subject}");
+                                                       for (@{$ref->{lines}}) {
+                                                               Log('msg', "line: $_");
+                                                       }
+                                                       $ref->stop_msg($fromnode);
+                                                       return;
+                                               }
+                                                       
                                                $ref->{msgno} = next_transno("Msgno");
-                                               push @{$ref->{gotit}}, $f[2]; # mark this up as being received
+                                               push @{$ref->{gotit}}, $fromnode; # mark this up as being received
                                                $ref->store($ref->{lines});
                                                add_dir($ref);
                                                my $dxchan = DXChannel->get($ref->{to});
-                                               $dxchan->send("New mail has arrived for you") if $dxchan;
-                                               Log('msg', "Message $ref->{msgno} from $ref->{from} received from $f[2] for $ref->{to}");
+                                               $dxchan->send($dxchan->msg('m9')) if $dxchan && $dxchan->is_user;
+                                               Log('msg', "Message $ref->{msgno} from $ref->{from} received from $fromnode for $ref->{to}");
                                        }
                                }
-                               $ref->stop_msg($self);
-                               queue_msg();
+                               $ref->stop_msg($fromnode);
                        } else {
-                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($f[2], $f[1], $f[3])); # unknown stream
+                               dbg("PC32 from unknown stream $stream from $fromnode") if isdbg('msg');
+                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # unknown stream
                        }
-                       queue_msg();
+                       # queue_msg(0);
                        last SWITCH;
                }
                
                if ($pcno == 33) {              # acknowledge the end of message
-                       my $ref = $work{"$f[2]$f[3]"};
+                       my $ref = get_fwq($fromnode, $stream);
                        if ($ref) {
                                if ($ref->{private}) { # remove it if it private and gone off site#
-                                       Log('msg', "Message $ref->{msgno} from $ref->{from} sent to $f[2] and deleted");
-                                       $ref->del_msg;
+                                       Log('msg', "Message $ref->{msgno} from $ref->{from} sent to $fromnode and deleted");
+                                       $ref->mark_delete;
                                } else {
-                                       Log('msg', "Message $ref->{msgno} from $ref->{from} sent to $f[2]");
-                                       push @{$ref->{gotit}}, $f[2]; # mark this up as being received
+                                       Log('msg', "Message $ref->{msgno} from $ref->{from} sent to $fromnode");
+                                       push @{$ref->{gotit}}, $fromnode; # mark this up as being received
                                        $ref->store($ref->{lines});     # re- store the file
                                }
-                               $ref->stop_msg($self);
+                               $ref->stop_msg($fromnode);
                        } else {
-                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($f[2], $f[1], $f[3])); # unknown stream
+                               dbg("PC33 from unknown stream $stream from $fromnode") if isdbg('msg');
+                               $self->send(DXProt::pc42($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # unknown stream
                        } 
-                       queue_msg();
+
+                       # send next one if present
+                       queue_msg(0);
                        last SWITCH;
                }
                
@@ -233,8 +364,8 @@ sub process
                        $f[3] =~ s/\.//og;      # remove dots
                        $f[3] =~ s/^\///o;   # remove the leading /
                        $f[3] = lc $f[3];       # to lower case;
-                       dbg('msg', "incoming file $f[3]\n");
-                       last SWITCH if $f[3] =~ /^(perl|cmd|local|src|lib|include|sys|msg|connect)/; # prevent access to executables
+                       dbg("incoming file $f[3]\n") if isdbg('msg');
+                       $f[3] = 'packclus/' . $f[3] unless $f[3] =~ /^packclus\//o;
                        
                        # create any directories
                        my @part = split /\//, $f[3];
@@ -245,46 +376,45 @@ sub process
                                $fn .= "/$part";
                                next if -e $fn;
                                last SWITCH if !mkdir $fn, 0777;
-                               dbg('msg', "created directory $fn\n");
+                               dbg("created directory $fn\n") if isdbg('msg');
                        }
-                       my $stream = next_transno($f[2]);
+                       my $stream = next_transno($fromnode);
                        my $ref = DXMsg->alloc($stream, "$main::root/$f[3]", $self->call, time, !$f[4], $f[3], ' ', '0', '0');
                        
                        # forwarding variables
-                       $ref->{fromnode} = $f[1];
-                       $ref->{tonode} = $f[2];
+                       $ref->{fromnode} = $tonode;
+                       $ref->{tonode} = $fromnode;
                        $ref->{linesreq} = $f[5];
                        $ref->{stream} = $stream;
                        $ref->{count} = 0;      # no of lines between PC31s
                        $ref->{file} = 1;
-                       $work{"$f[2]$stream"} = $ref; # store in work
-                       $self->send(DXProt::pc30($f[2], $f[1], $stream)); # send ack 
+                       $ref->{lastt} = $main::systime;
+                       set_fwq($fromnode, $stream, $ref); # store in work
+                       $self->send(DXProt::pc30($fromnode, $tonode, $stream)); # send ack 
                        
                        last SWITCH;
                }
                
                if ($pcno == 42) {              # abort transfer
-                       dbg('msg', "stream $f[3]: abort received\n");
-                       my $ref = $work{"$f[2]$f[3]"};
+                       dbg("stream $stream: abort received\n") if isdbg('msg');
+                       my $ref = get_fwq($fromnode, $stream);
                        if ($ref) {
-                               $ref->stop_msg($self);
+                               $ref->stop_msg($fromnode);
                                $ref = undef;
                        }
-                       
                        last SWITCH;
                }
 
                if ($pcno == 49) {      # global delete on subject
                        for (@msg) {
-                               if ($_->{subject} eq $f[2]) {
-                                       $_->del_msg();
-                                       Log('msg', "Message $_->{msgno} fully deleted by $f[1]");
+                               if ($_->{from} eq $f[1] && $_->{subject} eq $f[2]) {
+                                       $_->mark_delete;
+                                       Log('msg', "Message $_->{msgno} from $_->{from} ($_->{subject}) fully deleted");
+                                       DXChannel::broadcast_nodes($line, $self);
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
-       
-       clean_old() if $main::systime - $last_clean > 3600 ; # clean the message queue
 }
 
 
@@ -295,23 +425,18 @@ sub store
 {
        my $ref = shift;
        my $lines = shift;
-       
-       # we only proceed if there are actually any lines in the file
-       if (!$lines || @{$lines} == 0) {
-               return;
-       }
-       
+
        if ($ref->{file}) {                     # a file
-               dbg('msg', "To be stored in $ref->{to}\n");
+               dbg("To be stored in $ref->{to}\n") if isdbg('msg');
                
-               my $fh = new FileHandle "$ref->{to}", "w";
+               my $fh = new IO::File "$ref->{to}", "w";
                if (defined $fh) {
                        my $line;
                        foreach $line (@{$lines}) {
                                print $fh "$line\n";
                        }
                        $fh->close;
-                       dbg('msg', "file $ref->{to} stored\n");
+                       dbg("file $ref->{to} stored\n") if isdbg('msg');
                        Log('msg', "file $ref->{to} from $ref->{from} stored" );
                } else {
                        confess "can't open file $ref->{to} $!";  
@@ -321,14 +446,16 @@ sub store
                # attempt to open the message file
                my $fn = filename($ref->{msgno});
                
-               dbg('msg', "To be stored in $fn\n");
+               dbg("To be stored in $fn\n") if isdbg('msg');
                
                # now save the file, overwriting what's there, YES I KNOW OK! (I will change it if it's a problem)
-               my $fh = new FileHandle "$fn", "w";
+               my $fh = new IO::File "$fn", "w";
                if (defined $fh) {
                        my $rr = $ref->{rrreq} ? '1' : '0';
                        my $priv = $ref->{private} ? '1': '0';
-                       print $fh "=== $ref->{msgno}^$ref->{to}^$ref->{from}^$ref->{t}^$priv^$ref->{subject}^$ref->{origin}^$ref->{read}^$rr\n";
+                       my $del = $ref->{delete} ? '1' : '0';
+                       my $delt = $ref->{deletetime} || '0';
+                       print $fh "=== $ref->{msgno}^$ref->{to}^$ref->{from}^$ref->{t}^$priv^$ref->{subject}^$ref->{origin}^$ref->{'read'}^$rr^$del^$delt\n";
                        print $fh "=== ", join('^', @{$ref->{gotit}}), "\n";
                        my $line;
                        $ref->{size} = 0;
@@ -337,7 +464,7 @@ sub store
                                print $fh "$line\n";
                        }
                        $fh->close;
-                       dbg('msg', "msg $ref->{msgno} stored\n");
+                       dbg("msg $ref->{msgno} stored\n") if isdbg('msg');
                        Log('msg', "msg $ref->{msgno} from $ref->{from} to $ref->{to} stored" );
                } else {
                        confess "can't open msg file $fn $!";  
@@ -349,17 +476,33 @@ sub store
 sub del_msg
 {
        my $self = shift;
+       my $dxchan = shift;
        
-       # remove it from the active message list
-       @msg = map { $_ != $self ? $_ : () } @msg;
-       
-       # belt and braces (one day I will ask someone if this is REALLY necessary)
-       delete $self->{gotit};
-       delete $self->{list};
+       if ($self->{tonode}) {
+               $self->{delete}++;
+               $self->{deletetime} = 0;
+       } else {
+               # remove it from the active message list
+               @msg = grep { $_ != $self } @msg;
+
+               my $call = '';
+               $call = ' by ' . $dxchan->call if $dxchan;
+               Log('msg', "Msgno $self->{msgno} expunged$call");
+               
+               # remove the file
+               unlink filename($self->{msgno});
+       }
+}
+
+sub mark_delete
+{
+       my $ref = shift;
+       my $t = shift;
+       $t = $main::systime + $residencetime unless defined $t;
        
-       # remove the file
-       unlink filename($self->{msgno});
-       dbg('msg', "deleting $self->{msgno}\n");
+       $ref->{delete}++;
+       $ref->{deletetime} = $t;
+       $ref->store( [$ref->read_msg_body] );
 }
 
 # clean out old messages from the message queue
@@ -369,18 +512,13 @@ sub clean_old
        
        # mark old messages for deletion
        foreach $ref (@msg) {
-               if (!$ref->{keep} && $ref->{t} < $main::systime - $maxage) {
-                       $ref->{deleteme} = 1;
-                       delete $ref->{gotit};
-                       delete $ref->{list};
-                       unlink filename($ref->{msgno});
-                       dbg('msg', "deleting old $ref->{msgno}\n");
+               if (ref($ref) && !$ref->{keep} && $ref->{t} < $main::systime - $maxage) {
+
+                       # this is for IMMEDIATE destruction
+                       $ref->{delete}++;
+                       $ref->{deletetime} = 0;
                }
        }
-       
-       # remove them all from the active message list
-       @msg = map { $_->{deleteme} ? () : $_ } @msg;
-       $last_clean = $main::systime;
 }
 
 # read in a message header
@@ -393,17 +531,24 @@ sub read_msg_header
        my @f;
        my $size;
        
-       $file = new FileHandle;
-       if (!open($file, $fn)) {
-               print "Error reading $fn $!\n";
+       $file = new IO::File "$fn";
+       if (!$file) {
+           dbg("Error reading $fn $!");
+           Log('err', "Error reading $fn $!");
                return undef;
        }
        $size = -s $fn;
        $line = <$file>;                        # first line
+       if ($size == 0 || !$line) {
+           dbg("Empty $fn $!");
+           Log('err', "Empty $fn $!");
+               return undef;
+       }
        chomp $line;
        $size -= length $line;
        if (! $line =~ /^===/o) {
-               print "corrupt first line in $fn ($line)\n";
+               dbg("corrupt first line in $fn ($line)");
+               Log('err', "corrupt first line in $fn ($line)");
                return undef;
        }
        $line =~ s/^=== //o;
@@ -414,7 +559,8 @@ sub read_msg_header
        chomp $line;
        $size -= length $line;
        if (! $line =~ /^===/o) {
-               print "corrupt second line in $fn ($line)\n";
+           dbg("corrupt second line in $fn ($line)");
+           Log('err', "corrupt second line in $fn ($line)");
                return undef;
        }
        $line =~ s/^=== //o;
@@ -438,12 +584,13 @@ sub read_msg_body
        my $fn = filename($msgno);
        my @out;
        
-       $file = new FileHandle;
+       $file = new IO::File;
        if (!open($file, $fn)) {
-               print "Error reading $fn $!\n";
-               return undef;
+               dbg("Error reading $fn $!");
+               Log('err' ,"Error reading $fn $!");
+               return ();
        }
-       chomp (@out = <$file>);
+       @out = map {chomp; $_} <$file>;
        close($file);
        
        shift @out if $out[0] =~ /^=== /;
@@ -476,62 +623,125 @@ sub send_tranche
 sub queue_msg
 {
        my $sort = shift;
-       my $call = shift;
        my $ref;
        my $clref;
-       my $dxchan;
-       my @nodelist = DXProt::get_all_ak1a();
        
        # bat down the message list looking for one that needs to go off site and whose
        # nearest node is not busy.
-       
-       dbg('msg', "queue msg ($sort)\n");
+
+       dbg("queue msg ($sort)\n") if isdbg('msg');
+       my @nodelist = DXChannel::get_all_nodes;
        foreach $ref (@msg) {
+
+               # ignore 'delayed' messages until their waiting time has expired
+               if (exists $ref->{waitt}) {
+                       next if $ref->{waitt} > $main::systime;
+                       delete $ref->{waitt};
+               } 
+
+               # any time outs?
+               if (exists $ref->{lastt} && $main::systime >= $ref->{lastt} + $timeout) {
+                       my $node = $ref->{tonode};
+                       dbg("Timeout, stopping msgno: $ref->{msgno} -> $node") if isdbg('msg');
+                       Log('msg', "Timeout, stopping msgno: $ref->{msgno} -> $node");
+                       $ref->stop_msg($node);
+                       
+                       # delay any outgoing messages that fail
+                       $ref->{waitt} = $main::systime + $waittime + rand(120) if $node ne $main::mycall;
+                       delete $ref->{lastt};
+                       next;
+               }
+
+               # is it being sent anywhere currently?
+               next if $ref->{tonode};           # ignore it if it already being processed
+               
+               # is it awaiting deletion?
+               if ($ref->{delete} && $main::systime >= $ref->{deletetime}) {
+                       $ref->del_msg;
+                       next;
+               }
+               next if $ref->{delete};
+               
                # firstly, is it private and unread? if so can I find the recipient
                # in my cluster node list offsite?
+
+               # deal with routed private messages
+               my $dxchan;
                if ($ref->{private}) {
-                       if ($ref->{read} == 0) {
-                               $clref = DXCluster->get_exact($ref->{to});
-                               if ($clref && !grep { $clref->{dxchan} == $_ } DXCommandmode::get_all) {
-                                       $dxchan = $clref->{dxchan};
-                                       $ref->start_msg($dxchan) if $clref && !get_busy($dxchan->call) && $dxchan->state eq 'normal';
+                       next if $ref->{'read'};           # if it is read, it is stuck here
+                       $clref = Route::get($ref->{to});
+                       if ($clref) {
+                               $dxchan = $clref->dxchan;
+                               if ($dxchan) {
+                                       if ($dxchan->is_node) {
+                                               next if $clref->call eq $main::mycall;  # i.e. it lives here
+                                               $ref->start_msg($dxchan) if !get_busy($dxchan->call)  && $dxchan->state eq 'normal';
+                                       }
+                               } else {
+                                       dbg("Route: No dxchan for $ref->{to} " . ref($clref) ) if isdbg('msg');
                                }
                        }
-               } elsif ($sort == undef) {
-                       # otherwise we are dealing with a bulletin, compare the gotit list with
+               } else {
+                       
+                       # otherwise we are dealing with a bulletin or forwarded private message
+                       # compare the gotit list with
                        # the nodelist up above, if there are sites that haven't got it yet
                        # then start sending it - what happens when we get loops is anyone's
                        # guess, use (to, from, time, subject) tuple?
-                       my $noderef;
-                       foreach $noderef (@nodelist) {
-                               next if $noderef->call eq $main::mycall;
-                               next if $noderef->isolate;               # maybe add code for stuff originated here?
-                               next if grep { $_ eq $noderef->call } @{$ref->{gotit}};
+                       foreach $dxchan (@nodelist) {
+                               my $call = $dxchan->call;
+                               next unless $call;
+                               next if $call eq $main::mycall;
+                               next if ref $ref->{gotit} && grep $_ eq $call, @{$ref->{gotit}};
+                               next unless $ref->forward_it($call);           # check the forwarding file
+                               next if $ref->{tonode};           # ignore it if it already being processed
                                
                                # if we are here we have a node that doesn't have this message
-                               $ref->start_msg($noderef) if !get_busy($noderef->call)  && $noderef->state eq 'normal';
-                               last;
+                               if (!get_busy($call)  && $dxchan->state eq 'normal') {
+                                       $ref->start_msg($dxchan);
+                                       last;
+                               }
                        }
                }
-               
+
                # if all the available nodes are busy then stop
                last if @nodelist == scalar grep { get_busy($_->call) } @nodelist;
        }
 }
 
+# is there a message for me?
+sub for_me
+{
+       my $call = uc shift;
+       my $ref;
+       
+       foreach $ref (@msg) {
+               # is it for me, private and unread? 
+               if ($ref->{to} eq $call && $ref->{private}) {
+                       return 1 if !$ref->{'read'};
+               }
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
 # start the message off on its travels with a PC28
 sub start_msg
 {
        my ($self, $dxchan) = @_;
        
-       dbg('msg', "start msg $self->{msgno}\n");
-       $self->{linesreq} = 5;
+       confess("trying to start started msg $self->{msgno} nodes: $self->{fromnode} -> $self->{tonode}") if $self->{tonode};
+       dbg("start msg $self->{msgno}\n") if isdbg('msg');
+       $self->{linesreq} = 10;
        $self->{count} = 0;
        $self->{tonode} = $dxchan->call;
        $self->{fromnode} = $main::mycall;
-       $busy{$dxchan->call} = $self;
-       $work{"$self->{tonode}"} = $self;
-       $dxchan->send(DXProt::pc28($self->{tonode}, $self->{fromnode}, $self->{to}, $self->{from}, $self->{t}, $self->{private}, $self->{subject}, $self->{origin}, $self->{rrreq}));
+       set_busy($self->{tonode}, $self);
+       set_fwq($self->{tonode}, undef, $self);
+       $self->{lastt} = $main::systime;
+       my ($fromnode, $origin);
+       $fromnode = $self->{fromnode};
+       $origin = $self->{origin};
+       $dxchan->send(DXProt::pc28($self->{tonode}, $fromnode, $self->{to}, $self->{from}, $self->{t}, $self->{private}, $self->{subject}, $origin, $self->{rrreq}));
 }
 
 # get the ref of a busy node
@@ -541,29 +751,81 @@ sub get_busy
        return $busy{$call};
 }
 
-# get the busy queue
+sub set_busy
+{
+       my $call = shift;
+       return $busy{$call} = shift;
+}
+
+sub del_busy
+{
+       my $call = shift;
+       return delete $busy{$call};
+}
+
+# get the whole busy queue
 sub get_all_busy
 {
-       return values %busy;
+       return keys %busy;
 }
 
-# get the forwarding queue
+# get a forwarding queue entry
 sub get_fwq
 {
-       return values %work;
+       my $call = shift;
+       my $stream = shift || '0';
+       return $work{"$call,$stream"};
+}
+
+# delete a forwarding queue entry
+sub del_fwq
+{
+       my $call = shift;
+       my $stream = shift || '0';
+       return delete $work{"$call,$stream"};
+}
+
+# set a fwq entry
+sub set_fwq
+{
+       my $call = shift;
+       my $stream = shift || '0';
+       return $work{"$call,$stream"} = shift;
+}
+
+# get the whole forwarding queue
+sub get_all_fwq
+{
+       return keys %work;
 }
 
 # stop a message from continuing, clean it out, unlock interlocks etc
 sub stop_msg
 {
-       my ($self, $dxchan) = @_;
-       my $node = $dxchan->call;
+       my $self = shift;
+       my $node = shift;
+       my $stream = $self->{stream};
        
-       dbg('msg', "stop msg $self->{msgno} stream $self->{stream}\n");
-       delete $work{$node};
-       delete $work{"$node$self->{stream}"};
+       
+       dbg("stop msg $self->{msgno} -> node $node\n") if isdbg('msg');
+       del_fwq($node, $stream);
        $self->workclean;
-       delete $busy{$node};
+       del_busy($node);
+}
+
+sub workclean
+{
+       my $ref = shift;
+       delete $ref->{lines};
+       delete $ref->{linesreq};
+       delete $ref->{tonode};
+       delete $ref->{fromnode};
+       delete $ref->{stream};
+       delete $ref->{file};
+       delete $ref->{count};
+       delete $ref->{tempr};
+       delete $ref->{lastt};
+       delete $ref->{waitt};
 }
 
 # get a new transaction number from the file specified
@@ -574,15 +836,15 @@ sub next_transno
        my $fn = "$msgdir/$name";
        my $msgno;
        
-       my $fh = new FileHandle;
+       my $fh = new IO::File;
        if (sysopen($fh, $fn, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666)) {
                $fh->autoflush(1);
-               $msgno = $fh->getline;
+               $msgno = $fh->getline || '0';
                chomp $msgno;
                $msgno++;
                seek $fh, 0, 0;
                $fh->print("$msgno\n");
-               dbg('msg', "msgno $msgno allocated for $name\n");
+               dbg("msgno $msgno allocated for $name\n") if isdbg('msg');
                $fh->close;
        } else {
                confess "can't open $fn $!";
@@ -593,25 +855,42 @@ sub next_transno
 # initialise the message 'system', read in all the message headers
 sub init
 {
-       my $dir = new FileHandle;
+       my $dir = new IO::File;
        my @dir;
        my $ref;
-       
+               
+       # load various control files
+       dbg("load badmsg: " . (load_badmsg() or "Ok"));
+       dbg("load forward: " . (load_forward() or "Ok"));
+       dbg("load swop: " . (load_swop() or "Ok"));
+
        # read in the directory
        opendir($dir, $msgdir) or confess "can't open $msgdir $!";
        @dir = readdir($dir);
        closedir($dir);
-       
+
+       @msg = ();
        for (sort @dir) {
-               next if /^\./o;
-               next if ! /^m\d+/o;
+               next unless /^m\d\d\d\d\d\d$/;
                
                $ref = read_msg_header("$msgdir/$_");
-               next if !$ref;
+               unless ($ref) {
+                       dbg("Deleting $_");
+                       Log('err', "Deleting $_");
+                       unlink "$msgdir/$_";
+                       next;
+               }
                
+               # delete any messages to 'badmsg.pl' places
+               if ($ref->dump_it('')) {
+                       dbg("'Bad' TO address $ref->{to}") if isdbg('msg');
+                       Log('msg', "'Bad' TO address $ref->{to}");
+                       $ref->del_msg;
+                       next;
+               }
+
                # add the message to the available queue
                add_dir($ref); 
-               
        }
 }
 
@@ -677,75 +956,416 @@ sub do_send_stuff
                #  $DB::single = 1;
                confess "local var gone missing" if !ref $self->{loc};
                my $loc = $self->{loc};
+               if (my @ans = BadWords::check($line)) {
+                       $self->{badcount} += @ans;
+                       Log('msg', $self->call . " used badwords: @ans to @{$loc->{to}} in msg");
+                       $loc->{reject}++;
+               }
                $loc->{subject} = $line;
                $loc->{lines} = [];
                $self->state('sendbody');
                #push @out, $self->msg('sendbody');
-               push @out, "Enter Message /EX (^Z) to send or /ABORT (^Y) to exit";
+               push @out, $self->msg('m8');
        } elsif ($self->state eq 'sendbody') {
                confess "local var gone missing" if !ref $self->{loc};
                my $loc = $self->{loc};
-               if ($line eq "\032" || uc $line eq "/EX") {
+               if ($line eq "\032" || $line eq '%1A' || uc $line eq "/EX") {
                        my $to;
-                       
-                       if (@{$loc->{lines}} > 0) {
+                       unless ($loc->{reject}) {
                                foreach $to (@{$loc->{to}}) {
                                        my $ref;
                                        my $systime = $main::systime;
                                        my $mycall = $main::mycall;
                                        $ref = DXMsg->alloc(DXMsg::next_transno('Msgno'),
                                                                                uc $to,
-                                                                               $self->call, 
+                                                                               exists $loc->{from} ? $loc->{from} : $self->call, 
                                                                                $systime,
                                                                                $loc->{private}, 
                                                                                $loc->{subject}, 
-                                                                               $mycall,
+                                                                               exists $loc->{origin} ? $loc->{origin} : $mycall,
                                                                                '0',
                                                                                $loc->{rrreq});
+                                       $ref->swop_it($self->call);
                                        $ref->store($loc->{lines});
                                        $ref->add_dir();
-                                       #push @out, $self->msg('sendsent', $to);
-                                       push @out, "msgno $ref->{msgno} sent to $to";
+                                       push @out, $self->msg('m11', $ref->{msgno}, $to);
+                                       #push @out, "msgno $ref->{msgno} sent to $to";
                                        my $dxchan = DXChannel->get(uc $to);
                                        if ($dxchan) {
                                                if ($dxchan->is_user()) {
-                                                       $dxchan->send("New mail has arrived for you");
+                                                       $dxchan->send($dxchan->msg('m9'));
                                                }
                                        }
                                }
+                       } else {
+                               Log('msg', $self->call . " swore to @{$loc->{to}} subject: '$loc->{subject}' in msg, REJECTED");
                        }
+                       
                        delete $loc->{lines};
                        delete $loc->{to};
                        delete $self->{loc};
-                       $self->state('prompt');
                        $self->func(undef);
-                       DXMsg::queue_msg();
+                       
+                       $self->state('prompt');
                } elsif ($line eq "\031" || uc $line eq "/ABORT" || uc $line eq "/QUIT") {
                        #push @out, $self->msg('sendabort');
-                       push @out, "aborted";
+                       push @out, $self->msg('m10');
                        delete $loc->{lines};
                        delete $loc->{to};
                        delete $self->{loc};
                        $self->func(undef);
                        $self->state('prompt');
                } else {
+                       if (my @ans = BadWords::check($line)) {
+                               $self->{badcount} += @ans;
+                               Log('msg', $self->call . " used badwords: @ans to @{$loc->{to}} subject: '$loc->{subject}' in msg") unless $loc->{reject};
+                               Log('msg', "line: $line");
+                               $loc->{reject}++;
+                       }
                        
                        # i.e. it ain't and end or abort, therefore store the line
                        push @{$loc->{lines}}, length($line) > 0 ? $line : " ";
                }
        }
-       return (1, @out);
+       return @out;
 }
 
 # return the standard directory line for this ref 
 sub dir
 {
        my $ref = shift;
+       my $flag = $ref->read ? '-' : ' ';
+       $flag = 'D' if $ref->delete;
        return sprintf "%6d%s%s%5d %8.8s %8.8s %-6.6s %5.5s %-30.30s", 
-               $ref->msgno, $ref->read ? '-' : ' ', $ref->private ? 'p' : ' ', $ref->size,
+               $ref->msgno, $flag, $ref->private ? 'p' : ' ', $ref->size,
                        $ref->to, $ref->from, cldate($ref->t), ztime($ref->t), $ref->subject;
 }
 
+# load the forward table
+sub load_forward
+{
+       my @out;
+       my $s = readfilestr($forwardfn);
+       if ($s) {
+               eval $s;
+               push @out, $@ if $@;
+       }
+       return @out;
+}
+
+# load the bad message table
+sub load_badmsg
+{
+       my @out;
+       my $s = readfilestr($badmsgfn);
+       if ($s) {
+               eval $s;
+               push @out, $@ if $@;
+       }
+       return @out;
+}
+
+# load the swop message table
+sub load_swop
+{
+       my @out;
+       my $s = readfilestr($swopfn);
+       if ($s) {
+               eval $s;
+               push @out, $@ if $@;
+       }
+       return @out;
+}
+
+#
+# forward that message or not according to the forwarding table
+# returns 1 for forward, 0 - to ignore
+#
+
+sub forward_it
+{
+       my $ref = shift;
+       my $call = shift;
+       my $i;
+       
+       for ($i = 0; $i < @forward; $i += 5) {
+               my ($sort, $field, $pattern, $action, $bbs) = @forward[$i..($i+4)]; 
+               my $tested;
+               
+               # are we interested?
+               next if $ref->{private} && $sort ne 'P';
+               next if !$ref->{private} && $sort ne 'B';
+               
+               # select field
+               $tested = $ref->{to} if $field eq 'T';
+               $tested = $ref->{from} if $field eq 'F';
+               $tested = $ref->{origin} if $field eq 'O';
+               $tested = $ref->{subject} if $field eq 'S';
+
+               if (!$pattern || $tested =~ m{$pattern}i) {
+                       return 0 if $action eq 'I';
+                       return 1 if !$bbs || grep $_ eq $call, @{$bbs};
+               }
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+sub dump_it
+{
+       my $ref = shift;
+       my $call = shift;
+       my $i;
+       
+       for ($i = 0; $i < @badmsg; $i += 3) {
+               my ($sort, $field, $pattern) = @badmsg[$i..($i+2)]; 
+               my $tested;
+               
+               # are we interested?
+               next if $ref->{private} && $sort ne 'P';
+               next if !$ref->{private} && $sort ne 'B';
+               
+               # select field
+               $tested = $ref->{to} if $field eq 'T';
+               $tested = $ref->{from} if $field eq 'F';
+               $tested = $ref->{origin} if $field eq 'O';
+               $tested = $ref->{subject} if $field eq 'S';
+               $tested = $call if $field eq 'I';
+
+               if (!$pattern || $tested =~ m{$pattern}i) {
+                       return 1;
+               }
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+sub swop_it
+{
+       my $ref = shift;
+       my $call = shift;
+       my $i;
+       my $count = 0;
+       
+       for ($i = 0; $i < @swop; $i += 5) {
+               my ($sort, $field, $pattern, $tfield, $topattern) = @swop[$i..($i+4)]; 
+               my $tested;
+               my $swop;
+               my $old;
+               
+               # are we interested?
+               next if $ref->{private} && $sort ne 'P';
+               next if !$ref->{private} && $sort ne 'B';
+               
+               # select field
+               $tested = $ref->{to} if $field eq 'T';
+               $tested = $ref->{from} if $field eq 'F';
+               $tested = $ref->{origin} if $field eq 'O';
+               $tested = $ref->{subject} if $field eq 'S';
+
+               # select swop field
+               $old = $swop = $ref->{to} if $tfield eq 'T';
+               $old = $swop = $ref->{from} if $tfield eq 'F';
+               $old = $swop = $ref->{origin} if $tfield eq 'O';
+               $old = $swop = $ref->{subject} if $tfield eq 'S';
+
+               if ($tested =~ m{$pattern}i) {
+                       if ($tested eq $swop) {
+                               $swop =~ s{$pattern}{$topattern}i;
+                       } else {
+                               $swop = $topattern;
+                       }
+                       Log('msg', "Msg $ref->{msgno}: $tfield $old -> $swop");
+                       Log('dbg', "Msg $ref->{msgno}: $tfield $old -> $swop");
+                       $ref->{to} = $swop if $tfield eq 'T';
+                       $ref->{from} = $swop if $tfield eq 'F';
+                       $ref->{origin} = $swop if $tfield eq 'O';
+                       $ref->{subject} = $swop if $tfield eq 'S';
+                       ++$count;
+               }
+       }
+       return $count;
+}
+
+# import any msgs in the import directory
+# the messages are in BBS format (but may have cluster extentions
+# so SB UK < GB7TLH is legal
+sub import_msgs
+{
+       # are there any to do in this directory?
+       return unless -d $importfn;
+       unless (opendir(DIR, $importfn)) {
+               dbg("can\'t open $importfn $!") if isdbg('msg');
+               Log('msg', "can\'t open $importfn $!");
+               return;
+       } 
+
+       my @names = readdir(DIR);
+       closedir(DIR);
+       my $name;
+       foreach $name (@names) {
+               next if $name =~ /^\./;
+               my $splitit = $name =~ /^split/;
+               my $fn = "$importfn/$name";
+               next unless -f $fn;
+               unless (open(MSG, $fn)) {
+                       dbg("can\'t open import file $fn $!") if isdbg('msg');
+                       Log('msg', "can\'t open import file $fn $!");
+                       unlink($fn);
+                       next;
+               }
+               my @msg = map { chomp; $_ } <MSG>;
+               close(MSG);
+               unlink($fn);
+               my @out = import_one($main::me, \@msg, $splitit);
+               Log('msg', @out);
+       }
+}
+
+# import one message as a list in bbs (as extended) mode
+# takes a reference to an array containing the whole message
+sub import_one
+{
+       my $dxchan = shift;
+       my $ref = shift;
+       my $splitit = shift;
+       my $private = '1';
+       my $rr = '0';
+       my $notincalls = 1;
+       my $from = $dxchan->call;
+       my $origin = $main::mycall;
+       my @to;
+       my @out;
+                               
+       # first line;
+       my $line = shift @$ref;
+       my @f = split /([\s\@\$])/, $line;
+       @f = map {s/\s+//g; length $_ ? $_ : ()} @f;
+
+       unless (@f && $f[0] =~ /^(:?S|SP|SB|SEND)$/ ) {
+               my $m = "invalid first line in import '$line'";
+               dbg($m) if isdbg('msg');
+               return (1, $m);
+       }
+       while (@f) {
+               my $f = uc shift @f;
+               next if $f eq 'SEND';
+
+               # private / noprivate / rr
+               if ($notincalls && ($f eq 'B' || $f eq 'SB' || $f =~ /^NOP/oi)) {
+                       $private = '0';
+               } elsif ($notincalls && ($f eq 'P' || $f eq 'SP' || $f =~ /^PRI/oi)) {
+                       ;
+               } elsif ($notincalls && ($f eq 'RR')) {
+                       $rr = '1';
+               } elsif (($f =~ /^[\@\.\#\$]$/ || $f eq '.#') && @f) {       # this is bbs syntax, for AT
+                       shift @f;
+               } elsif ($f eq '<' && @f) {     # this is bbs syntax  for from call
+                       $from = uc shift @f;
+               } elsif ($f =~ /^\$/) {     # this is bbs syntax  for a bid
+                       next;
+               } elsif ($f =~ /^<(\S+)/) {     # this is bbs syntax  for from call
+                       $from = $1;
+               } elsif ($f =~ /^\$\S+/) {     # this is bbs syntax for bid
+                       ;
+               } else {
+
+                       # callsign ?
+                       $notincalls = 0;
+
+                       # is this callsign a distro?
+                       my $fn = "$msgdir/distro/$f.pl";
+                       if (-e $fn) {
+                               my $fh = new IO::File $fn;
+                               if ($fh) {
+                                       local $/ = undef;
+                                       my $s = <$fh>;
+                                       $fh->close;
+                                       my @call;
+                                       @call = eval $s;
+                                       return (1, "Error in Distro $f.pl:", $@) if $@;
+                                       if (@call > 0) {
+                                               push @f, @call;
+                                               next;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (grep $_ eq $f, @DXMsg::badmsg) {
+                               push @out, $dxchan->msg('m3', $f);
+                       } else {
+                               push @to, $f;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+       
+       # subject is the next line
+       my $subject = shift @$ref;
+       
+       # strip off trailing lines 
+       pop @$ref while (@$ref && $$ref[-1] =~ /^\s*$/);
+       
+       # strip off /EX or /ABORT
+       return ("aborted") if @$ref && $$ref[-1] =~ m{^/ABORT$}i; 
+       pop @$ref if (@$ref && $$ref[-1] =~ m{^/EX$}i);                                                                  
+
+       # sort out any splitting that needs to be done
+       my @chunk;
+       if ($splitit) {
+               my $lth = 0;
+               my $lines = [];
+               for (@$ref) {
+                       if ($lth >= $maxchunk || ($lth > $minchunk && /^\s*$/)) {
+                               push @chunk, $lines;
+                               $lines = [];
+                               $lth = 0;
+                       } 
+                       push @$lines, $_;
+                       $lth += length; 
+               }
+               push @chunk, $lines if @$lines;
+       } else {
+               push @chunk, $ref;
+       }
+                                 
+    # write all the messages away
+       my $i;
+       for ( $i = 0;  $i < @chunk; $i++) {
+               my $chunk = $chunk[$i];
+               my $ch_subject;
+               if (@chunk > 1) {
+                       my $num = " [" . ($i+1) . "/" . scalar @chunk . "]";
+                       $ch_subject = substr($subject, 0, 27 - length $num) .  $num;
+               } else {
+                       $ch_subject = $subject;
+               }
+               my $to;
+               foreach $to (@to) {
+                       my $systime = $main::systime;
+                       my $mycall = $main::mycall;
+                       my $mref = DXMsg->alloc(DXMsg::next_transno('Msgno'),
+                                                                       $to,
+                                                                       $from, 
+                                                                       $systime,
+                                                                       $private, 
+                                                                       $ch_subject, 
+                                                                       $origin,
+                                                                       '0',
+                                                                       $rr);
+                       $mref->swop_it($main::mycall);
+                       $mref->store($chunk);
+                       $mref->add_dir();
+                       push @out, $dxchan->msg('m11', $mref->{msgno}, $to);
+                       #push @out, "msgno $ref->{msgno} sent to $to";
+                       my $todxchan = DXChannel->get(uc $to);
+                       if ($todxchan) {
+                               if ($todxchan->is_user()) {
+                                       $todxchan->send($todxchan->msg('m9'));
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+       return @out;
+}
+
 no strict;
 sub AUTOLOAD
 {
@@ -755,6 +1375,9 @@ sub AUTOLOAD
        $name =~ s/.*:://o;
        
        confess "Non-existant field '$AUTOLOAD'" if !$valid{$name};
+       # this clever line of code creates a subroutine which takes over from autoload
+       # from OO Perl - Conway
+       *{$AUTOLOAD} = sub {@_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{$name} = $_[1] : $_[0]->{$name}} ;
        @_ ? $self->{$name} = shift : $self->{$name} ;
 }