On 2017 Aug 14 18:45:26, you wrote to Paul Quinn:   
      
    NB> Just seems I'm having an issue with echomail.jam now. Golded creates it in   
    NB> the right place,   
      
   is golded creating it in the proper format?   
      
    NB> but running "fmail scan" seems to find it, and delete it, but doesn't   
    NB> actually scan out the message.   
      
   this seems to indicate another bug or invalid format that isn't being   
   complained about...   
      
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   the format of echomail.jam is:   
      
     one line per message.   
     each line contains two parts.   
       the 1st part is the full path to the message base plus the base name.   
       the 2nd part is the message number to be exported.   
      
     eg:   
       G:\JAM\FIDO\H\HAM 145346   
       G:\JAM\FIDO\H\HAM 145352   
       G:\JAM\FIDO\C\COOKING 576683   
       G:\JAM\FIDO\H\HAM 145357   
      
       the above says to export messages #145346 and #145352 from the message   
       base named HAM in the G:\JAM\FIDO\H directory. and to also export   
       message #576683 from the COOKING message base located in the   
       G:\JAM\FIDO\C directory. then back to the HAM message base to export   
       message #145357.   
      
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   at least one program, the last version of allfix by the original author, has a   
   problem with echomail.jam... it is using the wrong variable type (word vs   
   longint) for the message number so they are wrapped (actually modulo math or   
   clock math) at 65535... so when message numbers in a base that allfix posts to   
   get larger than 65535, it writes the wrong (smaller) number to the   
   echomail.jam file...   
      
    NB> "fmail scan -S" finds the message and scans it out, though. Odd.   
      
   that's actually a GoodThing :)  i have to use it to scan out allfix's   
   posts on my main system... since it takes a while on a large message base   
   setup, i only have it run at midnight which is why one sees batches of the new   
   file arrival posts from my main system after midnight each night...   
      
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