Subj : oxp +anothernet
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Thu Apr 23 2020 11:13:00

Hello August!

*** Tuesday 21.04.20 at 21:30, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA>>> Here is the result.

 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Starting Import
 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  1 messages from b34f0322.pkt
 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Packet b34f0322.pkt has been moved to backup
 AA>>> directory 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  1 messages from b34f27b1.pkt
 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Packet b34f27b1.pkt has been moved to backup
 AA>>> directory 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  3 messages from b34f396f.pkt
 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Packet b34f396f.pkt has been moved to backup
 AA>>> directory 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  4 messages from b34f4a41.pkt
 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Packet b34f4a41.pkt has been moved to backup
 AA>>> directory 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Area NETMAIL received 2 messages
 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Area BAD received 7 messages
 AA>>> 13.04.20 10:23:19 AM  Tossed 9 messages from 4 packets

 AA>>>  + Origin: WinPoint Integrated Tosser (0:0/0)

 MF>> This suggests that the problem is not specific to OpenXP.

 AA> Huh?

If the problem was specific to OpenXP, I wouldn't have expected WinPoint  
to have had problems.

[snip]
 AA> QUESTION: can OXP operate with a mix of an uncompressed feed from one
 AA> server and a compressed/bundle feed from another?

Yes :)

 AA> There doesn't seem to be an option in the config to accomodate that.

Eh??

 AA> It looks like all the servers have to feed the same file formats
 AA> (either a bundle or separate .pkt files).

As each server has its own separate config, the packer/unpacker can be  
defined on a per server basis.

 MF>> Does this problem still persist?

 AA> I gave up on working with the original compressed "bundle" with OXP.

So why are we still discussing this :-))

[snip]
 AA> I meant that maybe I could send you the bundles:

 AA>         b34f27b1.fr1
 AA>         b34f0301.fr1

 AA>    H:\DOWNLOADS\OpenXP\BAD>unzip -tl *.fr1
 AA>    Archive:  b34f0301.fr1
 AA>        testing: b34f0322.pkt             OK
 AA>    No errors detected in compressed data of b34f0301.fr1.

 AA>    Archive:  b34f27b1.fr1
 AA>        testing: b34f27b1.pkt             OK
 AA>        testing: b34f396f.pkt             OK
 AA>        testing: b34f4a41.pkt             OK
 AA>    No errors detected in compressed data of b34f27b1.fr1.

 AA>    2 archives were successfully processed.


 AA> OXP clearly failed to unpack the bundle/archives because I did not have
 AA> an unpacker defined.  But I still wonder WHY did the .pkt files fail to
 AA> import?

OK, send them(Zip'd) and I'll play about with them here.

Regards,
Martin

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