Subj : Re: Linux Daemon
To   : Nazferiti
From : Zip
Date : Sun May 10 2020 10:10:04

Hello Nazferiti!

On 09 May 2020, Nazferiti said the following...
 Na> my config and user files from my Windows 32 version.  Currently I have
 Na> everything set as a cron and mail is flowing, but I think it would be
 Na> better to have mail crash rather than just force a poll ever half hour.

Actually you can have both -- first an Interval event polling e.g. every hour:

мм   л ФФФл       Active Г Yes                                      лФФФФлВgj!
 ллммл No л  Description Г CUSTOM: Poll echomail/netmail  Sun Г No  л     Алмм
 Алллл No л   Event Type Г Interval                       Mon Г No  л----АллБў
п Вллл No л    Exec Hour Г 1                              Tue Г No  л    Алллл
В БВВл No л     Exec Min Г 0                              Wed Г No  л     АВА
В лААл Yesл        Shell Г timeout -k 600 --preserve-stat Thu Г No  лWTFS АлА В
ААВллл Yesл    Semaphore Г                                Fri Г No  л     А ммл
ммў пл Yesл   Kill After Г                                Sat Г No  л     А лАА
     л Yesл      Warning Г 0                                        л     А пм

Complete Shell command line: timeout -k 600 --preserve-status -v 600 ./mis
poll forced

....and then also a semaphore event watching for indications of outgoing mail:

 л ФФФл       Active Г Yes                                      лФФФФлВgj!
 ллммл No л  Description Г CUSTOM: Send outbound echomail Sun Г No  л     Алмм
 Алллл No л   Event Type Г Semaphore                      Mon Г No  л    
п Вллл No л    Exec Hour Г 0                              Tue Г No  л----
В БВВл No л     Exec Min Г 0                              Wed Г No  л     АВА
п лААл No л        Shell Г ./mutil /mnt/bbs/mystic/export Thu Г No  л     АлА
ААВллл Yesл    Semaphore Г echomail.out|netmail.out       Fri Г No  лWTFS А
ммў пл Yesл   Kill After Г netmail.out                    Sat Г No  л     А
     л Yesл      Warning Г 0                                        л     А пм

Complete Description line: CUSTOM: Send outbound echomail/netmail
Complete Shell command line: ./mutil /mnt/bbs/mystic/export.ini|timeout -k 600
--preserve-status -v 600 ./mis poll send

(At least in the past, mutil ExportEchoMail didn't remove netmail.out after
sending, so I ask the event to remove it if left over.)

....and, finally, another semaphore event watching for incoming mail to toss:

мм   л ФФФл       Active Г Yes                                      лФФФФлВgj!
 ллммл No л  Description Г CUSTOM: Toss incoming echomail Sun Г No  л     Алмм
 Алллл No л   Event Type Г Semaphore                      Mon Г No  л    АллБў
п Вллл No л    Exec Hour Г 0                              Tue Г No  л    Алллл
В БВВл No л     Exec Min Г 0                              Wed Г No  л    АВА Вп
лААл No л        Shell Г ./mutil /mnt/bbs/mystic/import Thu Г No  л---- АлА В
ААВллл No л    Semaphore Г echomail.in                    Fri Г No  л     А ммл
ммў пл No л   Kill After Г                                Sat Г No  л     А лАА
     л Yesл      Warning Г 0                                        лWTFS А пм

Complete Description line: CUSTOM: Toss incoming echomail/netmail
Complete Shell command line: ./mutil /mnt/bbs/mystic/import.ini

I've had some problems with the pre-alpha A46 'mis poll' consuming 100% CPU
due to some timer-related stuff (clock not increasing monotonically?), so I
added the 'timeout' safety net to ensure it won't get stuck for ever
(requiring a MIS service restart).

N.B.: 'mis poll' is not available in A45, it was introduced in the pre-alpha
A46s. The equivalent of 'mis poll' for A45 would be 'fidopoll'.

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/21 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

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