Subj : Linux Pack Message Bases
To   : Warpslide
From : Accession
Date : Mon Jan 22 2024 16:55:50

On 1/22/2024 10:30 AM, Warpslide -> All wrote:

 W>  From JamNNTPd's ReadMe_hpt.txt:

 >> * Do NOT pack your messagebase with "hpt pack". When hpt packs a
 >>   messagebase, it will also renumber it. This will cause the article
 >>   numbers in JamNNTPd to change which will confuse most newsreaders.

This is a misprint/typo. "hpt pack" is an option for netmail only, and doesn't do what the above says it does. I believe it should say "hptutil pack" instead.

 W> I have a personal message base with that posts weather/statistics/etc
 W> that I read & regularly delete from & then pack the message base.  If
 W> using a newsreader to view the base I need to unsubscribe &
 W> re-subscribe to see any new messages.

I pack messages on my BBS because it can be handled there. Newsreaders is a different story, though.

 W> hptutil pack doesn't seem to work well at all, Golded often can't read
 W> the base after using this utility.  I have been using sqpack which does
 W> work but also renumbers the base.

I thought hptutil was recently updated to be able to do this, but I could definitely be wrong there. Are you using the latest version?

If there is nothing worth keeping, I don't bother packing. I just delete the JAM files of said echo and start over every so often when one or some message areas get too big.

rm ALLFIX_FILE.*

Then load up Golded and enter that area to re-create all the JAM files.

That's a common one used here. ;)

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Regards,
Nick

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