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|    Martin Foster to August Abolins    |
|    oxp locks up, again    |
|    13 Feb 20 11:02:00    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e1604221       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e149409c       PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32)       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0000       Hello August!              *** 10.02.20 at 22:48, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:              [snip]        MF>> ..The only files it takes action on are nodediffs/pointdiffs and if        MF>> any of them are out of sequence, it just ignores them.               AA> It was still taking action on the NODEDIFF that was in /FILES,              Yes, that's what I said but .....               AA> even though I had cleared out the nodelist config tables. The /FIDO        AA> directory was empty!              ..... I forgot to mention that the nodelist routines still run regardless        of whether there's anything in the /FILES directory that they need to        process.               AA> The following settings marked "<==THIS" were probably enabled:              [snip]        AA> | [x] Use internal nodelist processor |<==THIS              That's fine.              [snip]        AA> Ý [x] Import nodelist updates automatically Ý<==THIS              As is this.               AA> Ý [ ] Delete empty messages Ý        AA> Ý [x] Automatic TIC file processing Ý<==THIS?                      AA> Is it the presence of a .TIC file in /FILES that can trigger the "action"        AA> too?              That has nothing to do with the nodelist routines, see the help topic for        a full explanation of what this feature is/does :)              Regards,       Martin              --- OpenXP 5.0.43        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 154/10 203/0 221/0 227/114 229/426 1014 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 310/31 280/464 229/426           |
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