First, every message, whether personal or bulletin, could potentially add to or update White Pages.

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In the old days Bulletins were the way to send them. Perhaps some BBS programs sill do. That should no longer be the case. In BPQ WP updates should be sent as P type messages.

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If you only send WP messages to your forwarding partners, and send them as P type messages then BPQ will process them and silently kill them.

Address WP destinations as WP @ call and do not include the full HA

As a backup measure be sure every forwarding partner has their call in the AT CALLS of their forwarding record.

Set your node to reject B type messages.

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You still see P type WP messages being forwarded around looking for the destination...

This problem occurs mostly today when a BBS loses a forwarding partner and the WP message will pick up the HA from their WP and send it pursuant to the existing forwarding rules at the time.? That results in multiple hops and it my never find a destination, if that user has ceased operating a BBS.? Good operating practices are, when losing a forwarding partner, you not only remove the MAP line, but also remove the user or at least uncheck that he is a BBS, AND remove the WP destination entry for that user.? Many forget to do that.? I am guilty of it myself although I do occasionally check to be sure my WP destinations are still forwarding partners.

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And that is how some P type WP still get forwarded around using the HA.

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