home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

Cooperative anarchy at its finest, still active today. Darkrealms is the Zone 1 Hub.

   IREX      Internet Rex (FTN <=> Internet) Public S      1,458 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 591 of 1,458   
   mark lewis to Bill Gordon   
   Rescanning   
   03 Dec 12 19:56:50   
   
    BG> Is there any way to make IREX rescan constantly? I go through my   
    BG> message bases at odd hours and every time I post, I have to   
    BG> manually rescan to get the posts mailed  to my hub. Otherwise, the   
    BG> hub only picks up and delivers on the hour. And when you are in a   
    BG> discussion with someone or seeking advice on an issue, that's a   
    BG> long time to wait.   
      
   understood... and i can't help with that other than to suggest that maybe   
   there is a rescan semaphore file that you might touch to tell IREX to scan for   
   new outbound mail...   
      
   but then i also know that you are a downlink of mine and if this is concerning   
   fidonet message traffic, i feel that i should point out that you can send to   
   my system any time you like... at least the mail is off your system and you   
   can feel better that it is on its way... however, my system will sit on that   
   mail with all the rest it receives and process it on schedule instead of as   
   soon as it arrives... i had to do this for some other downlinks who have very   
   iffy connections and who cannot always pull the dozens of PKTs or bundles that   
   await... it was the best of both worlds to go to a set schedule for mail   
   processing... especially since it is all too easy to process more than 36   
   times a day which then results in bundles of the same name as already created   
   and possibly delivered...    
      
   so the best time to deliver mail is any time before the scheduled processing   
   but picking up mail is best polled for after that processing has taken place...   
      
   for more/updated details, netmail is just a click away ;) ;) ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   ---    
    * Origin:  (1:3634/12.42)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca