Subj : Create message bases
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Kai Richter
Date : Wed Mar 24 2021 08:08 pm

Hello Tommi!

24 Mar 21, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:

 >>  >  MJ> Unzipping a PKT and viewing the *.msg file is easier.
 >>
 >>  > who, in their right minds, is archiving PKTs into bundles in this
 >>  > day in age? :smh:
 >>> One of my 'nets is delivering archived PKTs in
 >>> the form ####.MO1. ####.M02 ####.TU1, etc.  That's fine.

 TK> As a point you can talk to the areafix of your boss and ask for
 TK> archived packet, or not. (try %packer)

And i'm stumbling in translation again. I do know that it's common to call a file.ZIP or similar an archive. The CP/M tool arc is described as "general archive and file compression utility". Please note the wording "and" which i do understand as two different things.

Within the goldref documentation the wording "archive" refers to goldeds file distribution files. My understanding of archive is a collection of content for preservation.

For PKT files usually the other use "compression" applies. I'd like to recommend to follow the areafix command %packer and talk about packed or unpacked PKTs. The keywords pack and unpack can be found within the fidoconfig configuration environment of the husky software suite too.

Regards

Kai

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