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   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   oxp wishlist: toss PKTs immediately, and   
   12 Jan 20 00:08:16   
   
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   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0500   
   Hello Martin,   
      
   In the recent lock-up debacle, I was reminded that the decoded .PKT files do   
   not get tossed until *after* all other processes (like a nodelist update)   
   occurs.   
      
   I could tolerate the lockups (until it gets resolved with your help) but   
   meanwhile the unpacked/decoded .PKTs sit in the /SPOOL/ directory.  And   
   if I don't toss them manually right away, the next poll wipes out the whole   
   SPOOL directory with the next PKT arrivals.   
      
   It would make much more sense to toss the messages as soon as they have been   
   received. Then I could atleast have something to read.   
      
   In my case, the PKTs already arrive unpacked from the Boss, so there is no   
   point to wait until a nodelist is processed.   
      
   I can preview the .PKTs with notepad and see which ones I am not too   
   interested in and delete those. Then I can use OpenXP's "Import/Read Other   
   format.." for the PKTs that I want.  But it sure is a bother to only be able   
   to do that one PKT at a time.  :(   
      
    ../|ug   
      
      
      
      
      
      
        
      
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