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to: Wilfred van Velzen
from: Niels Joncheere
date: 2011-09-22 17:59:18
subject: FMail does not pack unsent netmail

Hello Wilfred,

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 08:27, you wrote to me:

 NJ>> Thanks for shedding some light on this issue; the approach you
 NJ>> describe works correctly for all routed netmail.  (Although I
 NJ>> have to check whether crashmail is packed correctly as well; I
 NJ>> think that may cause some problems.)  I don't think I can teach
 NJ>> binkd to send non-packed netmail, though, but maybe I should move
 NJ>> that issue over to the appropriate echo. :-)

 WV> I'm not sure if that's the way it's done, but as long as the .pkt file
 WV> is mentioned in the .flo file, binkd will send out uncompressed pkt
 WV> files, just like compressed files... (And maybe binkd picks up
 WV> uncompressed pkt files directly?)

The problem is that FMail does not generate any .pkt or .flo file in my
outbound directory, unless I set the "Pack netm." option of the
appropriate node to "Yes" in fsetupx.  Or maybe this is just the
way FMail is intended to work?

 WV> But are you also calling fmail with the 'pack' option to make ik pack
 WV> netmail and put it in the right place to be send by binkd?

 WV> My script for scanning for echomail and packing netmail looks
 WV> something like this:

 WV> ...\fmailw32.exe scan
 WV> ...\fmailw32.exe pack

Yes, I am doing exactly that each time my GoldED exits.  And it does find
my echomail, and does pack my netmail if the node's "Pack netm."
is set to "Yes". So this works fine for all routed netmail now. 
I just wonder what the correct way would be to send crashmail; do I have to
add a node in the node manager for the recipient then?

Kind regards,
Niels

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