Hello mark,

On Sun Jan 22 2017 20:36:56, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 ml> no one should ever be sending raw MSG files to start with... that's
 ml> the first problem... "converted to PKT"?? empty file
attach messages
 ml> in MSG format don't even get sent from properly configured and working
 ml> systems... they are little more than ?LO files in the BSO format...
 ml> they only serve to tell the mailer where the file is going...

I agree it shouldn't be done. I've contacted individuals numerous times in
the past, and some just never seemed to get it working properly. After
awhile, I just created a script that remove them when they arrive here.

 ml> you wouldn't even need to worry about MSG files arriving in your
 ml> inbounds if folks would take the time to learn about the tech and how
 ml> it works but :shrug: oh well...

Very true. However I can't decide who wants to take the time to learn, even
when I am there to teach.

 ml> that's all find and good... educating those sending the crap to you
 ml> would be better, though... but there's that thing about horses, water
 ml> and drinking that gets in the way i guess...

Have you tried leading a dead horse, or a horse that is not thirsty, to
water before? Don't assume I didn't try with each and every one of them.
Some get it figured out, and some don't. At times it was even easier to
suggest they just convert to BSO so they could add a line to their batch
file/script to delete those .MSG files manually before moving game packets
to their outbound fileboxes.

After awhile, you get tired of repeating yourself (at least I do), and take
it upon yourself to get rid of the problem so it is not a problem any more.
*shrug*

Regards,
Nick

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