On Tue 2021-02-16 16:29:02, Kai Richter (2:240/77) wrote to andrew clarke:

 KR>>> Isn't it easier to look how the scan.c does the export and use the
 KR>>> same code for the rescan?

 ac>> To summarise:

 ac>> "toss" shouldn't need the message base, instead just memcpy()ing
 ac>> the ftscdate field between .PKTs. This is how PassThru areas work
 ac>> but should also be true for non-PassThru.

 KR> Thanks, i hadn't that in my mind. I thought htp toss would toss into the
 KR> messagebase only. To be honest i never paid attention at which run the
 KR> downlink packages were build. Oh wait, are you talking about toss.c the
 KR> code but not the function hpt toss?

Both I suppose. hpt toss is implemented by toss.c so they're one and the same.

It's possible to have a completely passthru HPT configuration without a messagebase, with the exception of NetmailArea/DupeArea/BadArea.
Though if you wanted to go full Marie Kondo you could point those to /dev/null!

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