Subj : File Attached netmails how to handle
To   : Nick Boel
From : Sean Rima
Date : Mon Nov 24 2025 09:28 pm


Hello Nick!

24 Nov 25 13:31, you wrote to me:

 >> It is makenl that I am trying to sort out. It doesn't, afaik, use
 >> boxes

 NB> Correct, and I mentioned that you can manually move stuff around. Your
 NB> mailer, will most likely use fileboxes.

 NB> In this case, I run a bash script called "region11.sh" that processes
 NB> the nodelist, and then moves the files from makenl's outbound
 NB> directory to a binkd filebox I setup for Z1C. This is where you would
 NB> intervene and /not/ move the 1.msg it creates, but rather delete it
 NB> instead.

 NB> Or, if you move both the nodelist segment and the 1.msg to that
 NB> filebox, both will disappear from your system and the person you sent
 NB> them to can deal with them. In my case, Z1C handles the 1.msg just
 NB> fine (probably by deleting it). ;)

 NB> Or, you can skip creating a script, and use the 'outpath' variable in
 NB> makenl's config to point directly to the filebox of the person you're
 NB> sending your segment to.

 NB> There's a few options to get done what you're trying to do here.

I think I have it sorted. I changed the netmail path in the ctl file to another and use rntrack solely for the 2 segments I need to send out. So far tests have worked. I could of course, move the segment and the msg as you say, if rntrack doesnt work

Sean


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