Subj : JamNNTPd Corrupting Message Bases
To   : Warpslide
From : Accession
Date : Tue Jan 16 2024 07:02 am

Hello Warpslide,

On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 02:16:22 -0500, you wrote:

 W> I've downloaded and compiled JamNNTPd from:
 W> https://github.com/ftnapps/jamnntpd

 W> It was easy enough to compile on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and configure.  I
 W> setup a couple of bases as a test and I can see some (but not all) of
 W> the messages in Thunderbird.  When I post a message GoldED will see that
 W> there's a new message but can't display it.  Exiting GoldED it warns me
 W> that the message base is corrupted.

 W> I've tried making a new test base (creating the JAM base files w/
 W> GoldED) with the same behaviour.  GoldED does create the missing *.jlr
 W> files so I didn't need to run the (missing) fidoconfig2jamnntpd.pl file
 W> referenced in ReadMe_hpt.txt.

 W> Does anyone have any pointers as to what I may be doing wrong?

First, and really nothing to do with the issues you're having, but give Smapinntpd a try instead. Smapinntpd uses the smapi library which includes newer and probably better JAM support (rather than the ancient jamlib that Jamnntpd uses).

With that said, Jamnntpd/Smapinntpd doesn't work very well with the latest Thunderbird. Not only does the issue you speak of happen almost 100% of the time, but the FROM field ends up using node numbers instead of actual names, also.

Take a look at Claws Mail, Sylpheed, or Pan as a newsreader. I'm using the Windows version of Claws Mail with Smapinntpd (hosted on Linux) and it works great.

Regards,
Nick

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