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|    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              --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 1.1.5-b20130111        * Origin: BrainDeath BBS (2:292/8125)    |
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