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echo: binkd
to: OLI
from: TOMMI KOIVULA
date: 2021-01-02 16:41:00
subject: skipping files (bug?)

Hi Oli.

02 Jan 21 14:38:00, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 Ol> Wilfred wrote (2021-01-02):

 WvV>> Strange, on this end they look the same regarding the DAILYUTF file.
This
 WvV>> is what a grep on DAILYUTF.Z02 shows:

 Ol> [...]

 WvV>> + 02 Jan 11:37:33 [7087] Status is 'DAILYUTF.Z02 55671 1609542303'
 WvV>> + 02 Jan 11:37:33 [7087] sending DAILYUTF.Z02 as DAILYUTF.Z02 (55671)
 WvV>>    02 Jan 11:37:33 [7087] bzip2 mode is on for DAILYUTF.Z02
 WvV>> + 02 Jan 11:37:34 [7087] remote already has DAILYUTF.Z02

 Ol>>> next poll:

 Ol>>> - 11:37 [1172] TRF 0 0
 Ol>>> + 11:37 [1172] Remote has 0b of mail and 0b of files for us

 Ol>>> Is this a bug?

 WvV>> Maybe binkd gives up after a couple of retries? It seems to remember the
 WvV>> transmit status of the file between sessions...

 Ol> That's weird/interesting. I removed the skip line in binkd.cfg and none of
the skipped files is offered
 Ol> anymore (at least it doesn't show up in my log). Are there still in your
outbound for my system? I
 Ol> thought destructive would mean that they are deleted from the remote
outbound.

How does this "hold-skipped" work? Does it hold skipped files no matter what?

=== Cut ===
#
# hold-skipped 
# Binkd will hold for S seconds all mail skipped by a node. (Def. -- 1h)
#
#hold-skipped 1h
=== Cut ===

'Tommi

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