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   Message 1,298 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   oxp wishlist: toss PKTs immediately, and   
   09 Feb 20 11:26:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e1403f5a   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.59 1cffb205   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   Hello August!   
      
   *** 12.01.20 at 00:08, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA> In the recent lock-up debacle, I was reminded that the decoded .PKT files   
    AA> do not get tossed until *after* all other processes (like a nodelist   
    AA> update) occurs.   
      
    AA> I could tolerate the lockups (until it gets resolved with your help) but   
    AA> meanwhile the unpacked/decoded .PKTs sit in the /SPOOL/ directory.   
    AA> And if I don't toss them manually right away, the next poll wipes out the   
    AA> whole SPOOL directory with the next PKT arrivals.   
      
    AA> It would make much more sense to toss the messages as soon as they have   
    AA> been received. Then I could atleast have something to read.   
      
    AA> In my case, the PKTs already arrive unpacked from the Boss, so there is   
    AA> no point to wait until a nodelist is processed.   
      
    AA> I can preview the .PKTs with notepad and see which ones I am not too   
    AA> interested in and delete those. Then I can use OpenXP's "Import/Read   
    AA> Other format.." for the PKTs that I want.  But it sure is a bother to   
    AA> only be able to do that one PKT at a time.  :(   
      
   Perhaps it would be a good idea to post this in the support newsgroup     
   where Gunter(the developer) can see it :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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