MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e168432c   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e161473d   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   Hello August!   
      
   *** 13.02.20 at 20:06, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    MF>> [snip]   
    AA>>>   Extracting NODEDIFF.038 from H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z38   
    AA>>> 07.02.20 17:17:02   
    AA>>>   NODELIST.031: Wrong version of node/point list or diff   
      
    MF>> Finally, finally, finally, I've figured this out .....   
      
    AA> I hate to be the bearer of bad news,   ..but right after NODEDIFF.Z45   
    AA> arrived, it locked up, again!  :(   
      
   FFS :-((((((((((((   
   Sorry, just had to say that.   
      
    AA> Here are the details:   
      
   [snipped]   
   Didn't see anything wrong in your debuglog, in fact, it's very similar to     
   mine when NODEDIFF.Z45 arrived on my system.   
      
    AA>   ..and promptly locked up at this point.   
      
    AA> After another poll a few minutes later, this happens:   
      
   [snipped]   
   Didn't see anything wrong in there either.   
      
    AA>   ..and promptly locks up.   
      
    AA> The ONLY way I could prevent the lock up happening with the next   
    AA> normal poll was by making sure I delete the .TIC file:  0ss71rpr.tic   
      
   In all my years(26 of them) of using OpenXP, FreeXP, XP2 and CrossPoint,     
   I've never ever come across anything quite like this before - Hmph!   
      
    AA>   ..which contained:   
      
   [snipped]   
   Everything looked good in there.   
      
    AA> The new updated nodelist number in oxp looks good:   
      
    AA> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+   
    AA> Ý Z2PNT.###     038  Z2PNT_D.###   Z2PNT_D.Z##   Diff  FD Pointlist    Ý   
    AA> Ý NODELIST.###  045  NODEDIFF.###  NODEDIFF.Z##  Diff  Nodelist        Ý   
    AA> Ý                                                                      Ý   
      
   Yep, nothing wrong with that.   
      
    AA> The top few lines of NODELIST.045 look like:   
      
    AA> ;A FidoNet Nodelist for Friday, February 14, 2020 -- Day number 045 :   
    AA> 12455 ;Aú   
    AA> ;A  MakeNL 3.4.5 (Win32)ú   
    AA> ;Aú   
    AA> ;A The FidoNet NodeList, a listing of the systems within FidoNet.ú   
    AA> ;Aú   
    AA> ;A  This is the nodelist produced at 2:2/0ú   
      
   Yep, same as my copy.   
      
    AA> SEE?   So.. the .TIC file in /FILES *could* be a problem.   
      
    AA> Therefore, maybe I should disable "THIS" below?:   
      
    AA> +- Fido Options ---------------------------------+   
    AA> Ý                                                Ý   
    AA> Ý  Int. dial prefix    00                        Ý   
    AA> Ý  Nat. dial prefix    0                         Ý   
    AA> Ý  Your dialing code   49-631                    Ý   
    AA> Ý                                                Ý   
    AA> Ý   [x]   Import nodelist updates automatically  Ý   
    AA> Ý   [ ]   Delete empty messages                  Ý   
    AA> Ý   [x]   Automatic TIC file processing          Ý<==THIS?   
    AA> Ý   [x]   Hold requests if files are missing     Ý   
      
    AA> Maybe the system is trying to create "Area NODEDIFZ" and is failing?   
    AA> Bug?   
      
   All I can suggest you do is to disable it and see what happens next     
   Friday. I have it disabled, so I'll enable it and see what happens here     
   next Friday.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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