Subj : oxp wishlist: toss PKTs immediately, and provide bulk "Import/Read othe
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 12 2020 00:08:16

Hello Martin,

In the recent lock-up debacle, I was reminded that the decoded .PKT files do 
not get tossed until *after* all other processes (like a nodelist update) 
occurs.

I could tolerate the lockups (until it gets resolved with your help) but 
meanwhile the unpacked/decoded .PKTs sit in the /SPOOL/<host> directory.  And 
if I don't toss them manually right away, the next poll wipes out the whole 
SPOOL directory with the next PKT arrivals.

It would make much more sense to toss the messages as soon as they have been 
received. Then I could atleast have something to read.

In my case, the PKTs already arrive unpacked from the Boss, so there is no 
point to wait until a nodelist is processed.

I can preview the .PKTs with notepad and see which ones I am not too interested 
in and delete those. Then I can use OpenXP's "Import/Read Other format.." for 
the PKTs that I want.  But it sure is a bother to only be able to do that one 
PKT at a time.  :(

 ../|ug






  

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