TZUTC: -0500   
   MSGID: 72407.sync@723:320/1 2bcd31b4   
   REPLY: 72406.sync@723:320/1 2bcd294a   
   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/445394f9f Dec 20 2024 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: CAPCITY2   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
    > Sorry I posted this in the wrong echo the first time.   
      
    > With a message echo, you can set those as passthru and the message is not   
    > stored on your system.   
      
    > With a file echo, doesn't the file have to be stored *somewhere* in order   
    > for the subscribing nodes to pick it up and, once every node that is   
    > subscribed has picked it up, doesn't it still just sit on your system?   
      
    > A network I am in has added a file echo that could contain large files that   
    > I don't want to keep beyond the point where any downlinks have picked the   
    > file up, but I am not certain there is a way to automate such a process.   
      
    > I know if the files exist in that nodes outbox, they get deleted, but I am   
    > pretty sure that is not how file echo attaches work (i.e. they are not   
    > stored in the outboxes of individual nodes).   
      
   This actually turned out to be pretty easy.   
      
   I did some poking around on the synchro.net wiki page.  It had been a while   
   since I had added a file area so I forgot that you can set retention periods.   
   So, the solution for passthru file echoes in synchronet is to tell tickit that   
   I   
   *do* want to save it to a file area, and then set that file area up with a   
   retention of a month.   
      
   Then just add the delfiles utility to a nightly script.   
      
   Viola.  :D   
      
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