# guess, use (to, from, time, subject) tuple?
foreach $dxchan (@nodelist) {
next if $dxchan->call eq $main::mycall;
- next if grep { $_ eq $dxchan->call } @{$ref->{gotit}};
+ next if ref $ref->{gotit} && grep $_ eq $dxchan->call, @{$ref->{gotit}};
next unless $ref->forward_it($dxchan->call); # check the forwarding file
# if we are here we have a node that doesn't have this message