Subj : Re: Issues running a FMailW32 scan
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Jason Bock
Date : Tue Jul 18 2023 08:37:10

WvV> Hi Jason,
WvV> 
WvV> On 2023-07-17 11:32:43, you wrote to me:
WvV> 
WvV>  JB> I love that FMail is current but am having an issue with the scan
WvV>  JB> (export) of echomail as I mentioned earlier to Chad Adams.
WvV> 
WvV>  JB> I even tried the /s that you suggested but that was not recognized.
WvV> 
WvV>  C:\FMail>> fmailw32 /s
WvV> 
WvV> The /S is used in combination with the SCAN function. It's in the doc:
WvV> 
WvV> 4.1       Scan
WvV> ...
WvV> 
WvV> The Scan option can be used in combination with six switches:
WvV> ...
WvV>           /S   Scan the entire message base (ignore
WvV>                ECHOMAIL.BBS/JAM and NETMAIL.BBS/JAM)
WvV> 
WvV> Without the /S, scan checks the above files for which areas it needs to 
WvV> check for new mail. If these files don't exist or are empty it does 
WvV> nothing. These files should be created by your editor or bbs software 
WvV> when a new message is entered into a message base...
WvV> 
WvV> Bye, Wilfred.
WvV> 
WvV> --- FMail-lnx64 2.2.0.0
WvV>  * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
Wilfred,

I just tried it and still does not find any new messages but FE does.  See below:


C:\FMail>fmailw32 scan /S
FMail-W32-2.2.0.0 - The Fast Echomail Processor
Copyright (C) 1991-2023 by FMail Developers - All rights reserved



Scanning netmail directory...


Scanning JAM message bases for outgoing messages...
Rescanning all JAM areas
Scanning JAM area 0: AGN_ADS
Scanning JAM area 1: AGN_ART
Scanning JAM area 2: AGN_BBS
....
Scanning JAM area 230: Z1_ROUTING
Scanning JAM area 231: Z1_SYSOP
Scanning JAM area 232: Z39_AMY
Scanning JAM area 233: ZEC
Scanning JAM area 234: ZEUS_AMY
No new outgoing messages

Scanning Hudson message base for outgoing messages...
No new outgoing messages

Netmail: 0,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 0
Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0

Scan Active: 47.520 sec.

C:\FMail>


Thank you,

Jason

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