Subj : New test..
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : mark lewis
Date : Tue Aug 15 2017 08:16:48


 On 2017 Aug 14 18:45:26, you wrote to Paul Quinn:

 NB> Just seems I'm having an issue with echomail.jam now. Golded creates it in
 NB> the right place,

is golded creating it in the proper format?

 NB> but running "fmail scan" seems to find it, and delete it, but doesn't
 NB> actually scan out the message.

this seems to indicate another bug or invalid format that isn't being 
complained about...

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the format of echomail.jam is:

  one line per message.
  each line contains two parts.
    the 1st part is the full path to the message base plus the base name.
    the 2nd part is the message number to be exported.

  eg:
    G:\JAM\FIDO\H\HAM 145346
    G:\JAM\FIDO\H\HAM 145352
    G:\JAM\FIDO\C\COOKING 576683
    G:\JAM\FIDO\H\HAM 145357

    the above says to export messages #145346 and #145352 from the message
    base named HAM in the G:\JAM\FIDO\H directory. and to also export
    message #576683 from the COOKING message base located in the
    G:\JAM\FIDO\C directory. then back to the HAM message base to export
    message #145357.

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at least one program, the last version of allfix by the original author, has a 
problem with echomail.jam... it is using the wrong variable type (word vs 
longint) for the message number so they are wrapped (actually modulo math or 
clock math) at 65535... so when message numbers in a base that allfix posts to 
get larger than 65535, it writes the wrong (smaller) number to the echomail.jam 
file...

 NB> "fmail scan -S" finds the message and scans it out, though. Odd.

that's actually a GoodThing<tm> :)  i have to use it to scan out allfix's posts 
on my main system... since it takes a while on a large message base setup, i 
only have it run at midnight which is why one sees batches of the new file 
arrival posts from my main system after midnight each night...

)\/(ark

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