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    MF>*** 12.01.20 at 00:08, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    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>> 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.  :(   
      
    MF>Perhaps it would be a good idea to post this in the support newsgroup   
    MF>where Gunter(the developer) can see it :)   
      
      
   The following is gleened from..   
   AREA: de.comm.software.crosspoint >   
   SUBJECT: [1] toss pkts before anything else, and   
            [2] provide bulk Import/Read   
      
   DATE: Feb 11, 11:41 AM (9 hours ago)   
   FROM: Gunter   
      
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   Hallo August!   
      
   > For a future consideration, [1] could it be possible to have oxp   
   > actually place the pkt content into the message bases *before* anything   
   > else gets done?   
      
   Ok, [1] will be changed in the next release.   
      
   > 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.  :(   
      
   > Therefore, [2] could a bulk Import/Read option be provided?   
      
   There is already a solution to [2]:   
      
   Open a command line and issue for example the following command:   
      
   openxp.exe zfido - fz C:\Fidopkt\A*.pkt D:\Output\Buffer.z   
      
   This will convert all PKT-files starting with letter A in folder C:\Fidopkt   
   into a ZConnect buffer file named "Buffer.z" in folder D:\Output.   
      
   Then start OpenXP normally and do "Import" => "Read Zerberus Puffer".   
   Choose D:\Output\Buffer.z as the file to import.   
      
   If you enter "openxp.exe zfido" on the command line you will get a list of   
   all available command line options.   
      
      
   Ciao   
   Gunter   
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