Subj : Linux Pack Message Bases
To   : All
From : Warpslide
Date : Mon Jan 22 2024 05:30 am

Hi All,

Does anyone know of a utility for Linux that packs JAM message bases
without renumbering them?

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.

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

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


Jay

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