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   Message 181 of 2,396   
   Tom De Puysseleyr to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Re: fmail not packing crash-netmail?   
   03 Dec 13 12:38:12   
   
   Wilfred,   
      
   03 Dec 13 10:18, you wrote to me:   
      
    TDP>> I am still having some questions about this. In my batch-file   
    TDP>> that's executed after I write netmail, I use the above command.   
    TDP>> When I write a normal (routed) netmail and pack it like that, it   
    TDP>> creates a .flo file for the destination instead of following the   
    TDP>> packing rules in fsetup. Is it supposed to do that?   
      
    WV> For regular routed netmail you first have do a "normal" pack:   
      
    WV> c:\fd\Fmail\FMailW32.exe pack   
      
    WV> This leaves the netmails with crash status alone. You could have this   
    WV> followed by the line with /C in your automatic batch files. I have a   
    WV> seperate batch file for crashing netmails, that I only use manual, as   
    WV> I don't often send crash netmails...   
      
   Ok, weird but I guess it'll work. I have only one batchfile, that's   
   automatically executed when golded exits. It knows the difference between   
   echomail and netmail but not between normal netmail and crashmail. So I'll run   
   both commands.   
      
      
    WV> 4.4       Pack   
      
    WV> [...] Packing messages is not required (but sometimes   
    WV> useful) in e.g. a FrontDoor environment. It _is_ required in a   
    WV> Binkley/PoP environment.   
   Does binkd support unpacked messages? I would assume it doesn't care which   
   type file is specified in the .flo file, it just transfers it to the other   
   side. If that's the case, then the reason would be within fmail...   
      
    WV> So if you want to send your crash netmails unpacked, unfortunately you   
    WV> have to use something else than FMail. Or do some processing after   
    WV> FMail creates such a packed packet.   
   I don't feel like converting everything to another tool, so maybe the second   
   option would be easier. When I have a lot of time someday, ....   
      
      
      
      
   Groetjes,   
   Tom   
      
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