Hi, John.

JT>  FM> On 14/4 22:50 I received from you su0
JT>  FM> 17/4  2:53                     tu0
JT>  FM> 18/4  3:22                     th0

JT>  FM> On Paul's system, I used to receive one packet for each day since I
JT>  FM> last called (and one, eg su1, for the remnants from that day). Does
JT>  FM> your system do it differently or have I lost some mail?

JT>  I have it set up to only have one archive to be sent out.  The date and
JT> the
JT> extension of that packet reflect the first time it was processed (created).

Good, so I haven't missed anything.

JT>  If you were to call once a week, you would get only one (big) packet.

JT>  The contents of those archives on the other hand, are broken up into the
JT> mail *.PKTs, as they come into this system.  The individual *.PKT files
JT> more
JT> accurately reflect the number of times (and dates) mail gets processed
JT> here.

JT>  If I were to generate another archive every time there was to be something
JT> added, you would be getting anything up to five packets for each day.
JT>  I do it this way because it is easier to track back old packets.  If
JT> problems
JT> arise, I have to look for only one archive rather than anything up to 30
JT> odd
JT> for one user.

The way Paul did it was to start a new archive each day, with each one
containing all the packets which came in each day.

Regards, fIM.
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