From the nodelist:

;S PING/TRACE FUNCTION:
;S
;S Some nodes in Micronet may implement the PING and TRACE flags as
;S follows:
;S
;S If a message destined to "PING" arrives at its final destination
;S and this final destination flies the "PING" flag then the
;S receiving node will bounce the message back to the original
;S sender clearly displaying all the original VIA kludge lines.
;S
;S If a message destined to "PING" arrives at its final destination
;S but this final destination does _not_ fly the "PING" flag then the
;S message may be deleted from the inbound queue without further
;S follow-up.
;S
;S If a message destined to "PING" arrives at a node which flies
;S the TRACE flag but is merely passing through to another destination
;S then the in-transit node will notify the sender of this occurence
;S and will forward the original mail unaltered towards its final
;S destination.

I hope this helps.

-- Sean



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