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echo: points
to: TOMMI KOIVULA
from: ALAN IANSON
date: 2020-03-24 00:39:00
subject: ARCMAIL

Hello Tommi,

>> I still find arcmail bundles are neat, tidy and efficient.

> Correct. :) But arcmail should only be sent via secure link.

Why is that?

>And since this is a POINTS echo, it is a good practise to archive thousands of
> tiny .pkts instead of sending them separately. Points can't receive crash,
> normally.

True, points and other nodes on hold are best set to arcmail so the number of
files doesn't grow in your outbound.

> Arcmail doesn't necessarily mean compressing. :)

When I think of arcmail I think of a bundle of PKT files archived together for
easy storage and delivery to the recipient. Is there more to it?

>And August, you have 254 files on hold for your point .59. Would it be time to
> pick them up?

> === Cut ===
> ^\xenia\outbound\00dd0001.pnt\797ac504.pkt
> ^\xenia\outbound\00dd0001.pnt\79468f08.pkt
> ^\xenia\outbound\00dd0001.pnt\79437604.pkt
> ^\xenia\outbound\00dd0001.pnt\7926b005.pkt

Whowah! That's what I'm talkin' about!

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