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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Oli
from: Wilfred van Velzen
date: 2021-05-05 11:00:00
subject: Re: Netmail in the insecu

Hi Oli,

On 2021-05-05 09:44:32, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> I sometimes turn on compression for links that are offline for a bit
 WvV>> longer then 1 or 2 days. Because with the high frequent tossing that
 WvV>> happens today, the outbound directories quickly fill up with hundreds
 WvV>> of pkt files, which I don't like. With compression turned on there
 WvV>> are at most 7 files for each (offline) node waiting to be send. When
 WvV>> they become connectable again I turn compression back off...

 Ol> Why not create a separate directory for every node's (pkt) files? Like
 Ol> SeparateBundles in hpt or fileboxes.

Fileboxes are not BSO compatible. So the behaviour regarding flow files in fileboxes is undefined. So that can cause problems if a tosser and mailer try to access the same files at the same time...

And you would still have hundreds (or even more, if the link remains offline) of .pkt files in that directory. So it doesn't solve anything...

Bye, Wilfred.

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