On 2017 Aug 11 13:35:54, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to you:   
      
    PQ>> while my DOS was trying to simply _move_ half a GiB of files to a   
    PQ>> filebox. Fortunately only once a day.   
      
    WV> If you have to do that, create the files in a temporary directory on   
    WV> the same drive as the filebox. And when the files are ready, do a   
    WV> rename to the filebox dir. Rename is an atomic operation on most os's   
    WV> afaik. So binkd won't see any "half" written files.   
      
   and because they're on the same partition, the OS can simply rename them right   
   into the destination directory... if they are on a different partition, they   
   have to be physically copied and that's where problems can happen when the   
   mailer sees them before the copy is complete...   
      
    PQ>> Nevertheless, can't binkD be *stalled* for a node by utilizing *.?sy   
    PQ>> flags?   
      
    WV> The best way, of course, is to use the normal outbound directory in   
    WV> the propper way for this, and not use a filebox. ;)   
      
   either way, one must still use something to signal to the mailer that   
   something is happening for that remote address... using a BSY file should be   
   all that's needed... with binkd, one might want to also create the afore   
   mentioned csy file, too... the file name, itself, is the same as used for ?LO   
   and ?UT files...   
      
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