Hi! Wilfred,   
      
   FMail/lnx is wonderful, Wilfred.  Thank you for letting me try it out.   
      
   What was what I call 'Phase 1' testing ceased for me at about midday on   
   Saturday.  Test packets originated from -this- node as received from my   
   current peer linked Fidonet systems.  They were shoved otherwise-untouched to   
   my test system via binkD, and ingested by FMail.   
      
   With FMail, I have enjoyed seeing _full_ inter-zone SEENBY & PATH data in   
   messages.  These items form the singular function that's caused me to try   
   FMail.   
      
   FMail was under rigorous supervision for about three weeks of 24/7 operation.    
   I think there's about three Mb of logfiles with nary a glitch reported, IIRC.   
      
   It did turn up that weirdness with message sorting that I was later to find   
   was subject to what Uncle Google & Wikipedia tells me is the 'Observer   
   effect'.  After I reworked the data originating from FastEcho, whose packet   
   size limits dated from the POTS days, all was well.   
      
   Interestingly, a couple of AreaMgr requests were replied to but the responses   
   were not sent.  I guess that could be the case with potential PING responses   
   as well.  Is that normal?  (On my main node [~/384] I would have a BATch file   
   check for any *.Msg files in the netmail path, since the primary netmail area   
   is usually empty, and would attempt a PACK if any such mails existed.)  How do   
   you recommend they be completed by FMail if it is the only configured netmail   
   area?   
      
   The 'Phase 2' test occurred later on Saturday and lasted for about 10 seconds   
   or less.  :)  It's premise was simply continuing function with a pre-existing   
   messagebase, from that morning's backup from this node.  I did allow the   
   *.Msg, HMB areas & dupe ID database to remain as they were.  FMail cruised   
   through the test without even a grunt.   
      
   On Sunday I was surprised and pleased by the 'badmail' capability to detect   
   old mails... it found one!  (It was a phurphy from region 18 IIRC, and was a   
   re-badged old mail from NZ.)  Did yours?  ;-)   
      
   Now 'Phase 3'.  I'm thinking of doing some sort of export SCANning of outbound   
   mails.  I think I need something further from you?  Do you have something of a   
   32-bit flavour, please?  :)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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