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|    Mike Powell to ALL    |
|    File echoes as passthru?    |
|    20 Dec 24 09:02:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 12927.dove-sync_sys@723:320/1 2bcaea6b       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/d0e0e8c90 Dec 19 2024 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: CP437 2       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).              Thanks.                      * SLMR 2.1a * Limit Congress to 2 terms: one in office, one in jail!       ---        þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTP        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 103/13 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 153/757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 154/30 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110 114 206       SEEN-BY: 229/317 400 426 428 470 550 700 705 240/1120 5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 5006 282/1038 291/111 292/8125 301/1 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 256 1124       SEEN-BY: 467/888 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 8912 5054/30       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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