Subj : Re: packets  was: Note from D
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Fri Jan 31 2020 02:36:24

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 24-Jan-2020 11:40 <=-

 NB>>> If I got them in one huge message packet, I
 NB>>> wouldn't be able to open the packet in my offline reader... So I keep
 NB>>> the packet size more reasonable by downloading nightly, even if I
 NB>>> don't have time to do any replies right away... :)
 BM>> There should be a way to configure your BBS packet size at Tiny's.
 BM>> Generally two options: number of messages per packet and the size of
 BM>> the packet itself.
 NB>> Yes, there sort of is... both options are enabled, but I've not seen
 NB>> that it works quite as advertised... I do have some tricks to divide
 NB>> a multiple-days packet into two or three smaller ones, but it involves
 NB>> a lot of messing with things to tag and untag message areas, so I'd
 NB>> just as soon leave that hassle for when I'm actually away without
 NB>> access and can't do the nightly downloads...  Over the years, I've
 NB>> figured out what works best for me.... :)
 BM> Figured you have. :)  ...Assuming the setting worked (sounds a bit
 BM> like my timestamp quirk here) the packet size would be the one to limit
 BM> as limiting messages theoretically could still give a relatively huge
 BM> packet.

Actually, either limit still has the potential of creating a relatively
huge packet... And I think on Tiny's there are some quirks at work,
too... ;)

ttyl         neb

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