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   Message 936 of 2,396   
   Wilfred van Velzen to Paul Quinn   
   Re: New test..   
   17 Aug 17 10:29:58   
   
   Hi Paul,   
      
   On 17 Aug 17 17:33, Paul Quinn wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
     about: "New test..":   
      
    WvV>> Btw: If Paul wants/needs a 32 bit version with this fix, I can   
    WvV>> provide one?   
      
    PQ> If it's send-related (aka fmail scan)   
      
   Yes.   
      
    PQ> then not at this time, thanks.   
      
   Ok...   
      
    PQ> I'm quietly watching just the tossing activity and monitoring the   
    PQ> contents of the messagebase, while fine-tuning GoldEd... and, loving   
    PQ> it.  :)   
      
    PQ> All the JAM message area paths in Linux form were successfully imported   
    PQ> into FMail from an Areas.Bbs created by my Crashmail II tosser (on this   
    PQ> Linux system).  The netmail & HMB paths are converting correctly by 'fmail   
    PQ> toss' using the "FMAIL_REPLACE_DRIVE" envar.   
      
    PQ> GoldEd is set to use the same Areas.Bbs file that FConfigW32 imported,   
    PQ> together with local handwritten converted paths for the netmail & HMB   
    PQ> areas in its configuration file.  GoldEd has even been config'd to use the   
    PQ> same echo descriptions files as Fmail is supposed to use, so GoldEd looks   
    PQ> normal again.   
      
    PQ> OTOH, I have noticed a slight weirdness in a local area (but still of   
    PQ> 'echomail' type).  There's usually a batch of about 18-20 messages   
    PQ> generated by FastEcho in the area over a period of about 5 seconds each   
    PQ> morning.  They're landing in the Fmail messagebase 'out of order'.   
      
   Are they in 1 pkt file or several? You can look in the fmail log file in what   
   order the .pkt files are processed...   
      
    PQ> I did go back to FConfigW32 and enable message sorting   
      
   If I'm not mistaken, the 'Sort new messages' option only works on the hudson   
   message base, not on the JAM areas.   
      
    PQ> but the ordering still didn't seem normal compared with what I see   
    PQ> tossed into the Crashmail messagebase... ermmm, just checking... nah,   
    PQ> they check out with GoldEd (here) as being in the as-created order.   
      
    PQ> I'll double-double check everything following tomorrow's activity, and   
    PQ> advise formally if needed.   
      
   Ok...   
      
   Wilfred.   
      
   --- FMail-W32 2.0.1.4   
    * Origin:  point@work  (2:280/464.112)   

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