10 Jul 16 00:24, you wrote to me:

 ml>> it all depends on what you want to do and how you want to do it...

 AK> Ok thanks for the information.  It looks like it is doing what it's
 AK> supposed to.   I was expecting something like a report, "I did this or
 AK> that."

you mean like this from my linux box? lines 3, 6 and 7...

- 09:04 [7054] receiving 6B16CAEC.PKT (34493 byte(s), off 0)
+ 09:04 [7054] 6B16CAEC.PKT -> /home/myuser/fido/inbound/secure/6B16CAEC.PKT
  09:04 [7054] got *.[pP][kK][tT], delayed starting nice -n 19
/home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link
+ 09:04 [7054] rcvd: 6B16CAEC.PKT (34493, 34493.00 CPS, 1:3634/12@fidonet)
+ 09:04 [7054] done (from 1:3634/12@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1 (0/34493 bytes))
  09:04 [7054] Running nice -n 19 /home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link
- 09:04 [7054] executing `nice -n 19 /home/myuser/fido/bin/hpt toss link'
- 09:04 [7054] rc=0
  09:04 [7054] session closed, quitting...
  09:04 [13703] rc(7054)=0


or this one from my OS2 box? lines 3 and 6...

- 09:38:14 [8101] receiving 57824fbc.pkt (7285 byte(s), off 0)
+ 09:38:15 [8101] 57824fbc.pkt -> d:\fd\boxes\1\123\500\from\57824fbc.pkt
  09:38:15 [8101] got *.pkt, delayed creating e:\fd\semaphor\mail-in.sem
+ 09:38:15 [8101] rcvd: 57824fbc.pkt (7285, 7285.00 CPS, 1:123/500@fidonet)
+ 09:38:15 [8101] done (from 1:123/500@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1 (0/7285 bytes))
  09:38:15 [8101] Creating e:\fd\semaphor\mail-in.sem
  09:38:15 [8101] session closed, quitting...
  09:38:15 [222] rc(8101)=0


you may not have your loglevel and conlog set high enough... i run both of mine
at 4...

loglevel 4
conlog 4

also note that you won't see any entry like that unless you receive a file that
matches the template you specified...

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