Subj : Re: Netmail in the insecure inbound
To   : Matthias Hertzog
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed May 05 2021 10:57:35

Hi Matthias,

On 2021-05-05 09:59:24, you wrote to me:

 MH>>> Packed echomail is a bad idea with the high frequenies as one
 MH>>> will run out of file extensions after 36 polls. (.WE0-9 +
 MH>>> .WEA-Z).

 WV>> It could indeed. My tosser just keeps using the Z if that's reached.
 WV>> Which doesn't seem to cause problems, as far as I'm aware of...

 MH> As long as the inbound at the destination system gets processed, that's
 MH> fine. If not, it will run out of filenames there since trying to rename
 MH> 12345678.WEZ to 123345678.WE0 will most likely fail.

It's up to the mailer at the other end, what happens with the file if it already exists. Binkd has an option for this:

# Rename style if file with the same name already exists in inbound
#    rename-style [postix|extension]
#
#   'postfix'   append number at the end of filename, after dot (default)
#               example: file.ext -> file.ext.1
#   'extension' change filename extension
#               example: file.ext -> file.ex0
#
# Not applied to *.pkt, arcmail, *.tic, *.req - only filename is changed
# for these file types.

It seems to work fine...


Bye, Wilfred.

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