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   Paul Quinn to Wilfred Van Velzen   
   Re: Trialing FMail/lnx status check-in   
   09 Sep 17 21:49:00   
   
   Hi! Wilfred,   
      
   On Sat, 09 Sep 17, you wrote to me:   
      
      
    PQ>> I will fix this schamozzle tomorrow and give fmail    
    PQ>> scan a proper workout, along with some other evil    
    PQ>> plans I have for FMail.   
    WvV> Ok, keep us informed!   
      
   Well, I had this itch to fix it...   
      
    PQ>> If I wasn't up to my armpits in EwwToob (YT), I'd do   
    PQ>> it now. Priorities...   
    WvV> If you mean YouTube, yes I know, it's addictive! ;)   
      
   Yes.  Then there are times I end up in a sort of Twilight Zone for hours if my   
   attention wanders from YT to Vimeo and LiveLeak.  Anyway, I have a tall tale   
   to tell...   
      
   This morning I modified GoldEd's config over to reading the FMail config   
   rather than an Areas.Bbs file exported from it, after I found & re-enabled the   
   GoldEd config switch to convert DOS paths to a Linux one in tosser area config   
   files.  (It took a little fine-tuning but in the end it worked.)  So, after   
   doing the right thing with the scan always FMail switch, I went through the   
   motions of another post test.  GoldEd created the echomail.jam file like   
   this...   
      
   --- 8< ---   
   C:\opt\ftn\fido\msgbase\fmail_help 867   
   --- 8< ---   
      
   Which is fine since the FMail envar translation will convert it back to a   
   Linux path.  (I say back because FMail initially sucked in the Areas.Bbs file   
   from CM II, _with_ Linux paths.  And they stuck!  FMail's area manager has   
   Linux paths!)  So, running the sendmail.sh produced...   
      
   --- 8< ---   
   > 09 Sep 17 20:56:14 FMAIL  FMail-lnx32-2.1.0.18-Beta20170905 - Scan   
   > 09 Sep 17 20:56:14 FMAIL  Echomail message, area FMAIL_HELP   
   > 09 Sep 17 20:56:14 FMAIL  Update /opt/ftn/fido/outbound/02800180.hlo   
   > 09 Sep 17 20:56:14 FMAIL  Mail bundle already going from 3:640/1384 to   
   3:640/384   
   > 09 Sep 17 20:56:14 FMAIL  Netmail: 0,  Personal: 0,  Hudson: 0,  JAMbase: 1   
   > 09 Sep 17 20:56:14 FMAIL  Msgbase net: 0, echo: 1, dup: 0, bad: 0   
   > 09 Sep 17 20:56:14 FMAIL  Scan Active: 0.162 sec.   
   --- 8< ---   
      
   Neat, huh?  I shall admonish myself tomorrow for not saying "no" enough   
   times.  :)  Thank you for your kind assistance.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)   

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