Hi there

how best to fix this one please?

------------ Fri 2025-07-04, FMail-W32-2.0.1.4
11:47:51.969 Import
11:48:04.417 Maximum message base size has been reached (# records) 11:48:04.417 - new txt recs: 96, orig txt recs: 65440
11:48:13.387 Updating actual message base files...
11:48:13.419 Netmail: 0, Personal: 0, Hudson: 0, JAMbase: 0
11:48:13.419 Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
11:48:13.419 Hudson echo write error
11:48:13.419 Exiting with errorlevel 1

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Hi Paul,

On 2025-07-04 11:51:06, you wrote to All:

how best to fix this one please?

------------ Fri 2025-07-04, FMail-W32-2.0.1.4
11:47:51.969 Import
11:48:04.417 Maximum message base size has been reached (# records) 11:48:04.417 - new txt recs: 96, orig txt recs: 65440
11:48:13.387 Updating actual message base files...
11:48:13.419 Netmail: 0, Personal: 0, Hudson: 0, JAMbase: 0 11:48:13.419 Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
11:48:13.419 Hudson echo write error
11:48:13.419 Exiting with errorlevel 1

Run ftools maintenance on your hudson message base. Something like:

# ftools MAINT -H -N -P -T -X

The most important one is the -P option which packs (removes deleted message) from the message base.

If there aren't any deleted messages in your hudson message base, you will first have to delete some from the hudson areas with your editor.


Bye, Wilfred.

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On 04 Jul 2025 at 10:40a, Wilfred van Velzen pondered and said...

Run ftools maintenance on your hudson message base. Something like:

# ftools MAINT -H -N -P -T -X

Here's what I got

c:\fsxuse\fmail>FToolsW32 maint -H -N -P -T -X
FTools-W32-2.0.1.4 - The Fast Message Base Utility

Copyright (C) 1991-2017 by FMail Developers - All rights reserved

Processing hudson message base
Message base AutoRenumbering activated
Analyzing the message base...
Updating reply-chains in memory...
Writing MsgHdr.bbs and index files...
Updating lastread.bbs...
-H is not a JAM area or does not exist
-N is not a JAM area or does not exist
-P is not a JAM area or does not exist
-T is not a JAM area or does not exist
-X is not a JAM area or does not exist

Maint Active: 0.047 sec.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Hi Paul,

On 2025-07-13 10:08:37, you wrote to me:

Run ftools maintenance on your hudson message base. Something like:

# ftools MAINT -H -N -P -T -X

Here's what I got

c:\fsxuse\fmail>FToolsW32 maint -H -N -P -T -X
FTools-W32-2.0.1.4 - The Fast Message Base Utility

Copyright (C) 1991-2017 by FMail Developers - All rights reserved

Processing hudson message base
Message base AutoRenumbering activated
Analyzing the message base...
Updating reply-chains in memory...
Writing MsgHdr.bbs and index files...
Updating lastread.bbs...
-H is not a JAM area or does not exist
-N is not a JAM area or does not exist
-P is not a JAM area or does not exist
-T is not a JAM area or does not exist
-X is not a JAM area or does not exist

For the windows version the option letters should be preceded by / not - ...

So use: FToolsW32 maint /H /N /P /T /X


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello, Wilfred van Velzen.
On 13/07/2025 1.27 you wrote:

Hi Paul, On 2025-07-13 10:08:37, you wrote to me:

Run ftools maintenance on your hudson message
base. Something like: # ftools MAINT -H -N -P
-T -X

Here's what I got c:\fsxuse\fmail>FToolsW32
maint -H -N -P -T -X FTools-W32-2.0.1.4 - The
Fast Message Base Utility Copyright (C)
1991-2017 by FMail Developers - All rights
reserved Processing hudson message base Message
base AutoRenumbering activated Analyzing the
message base... Updating reply-chains in
memory... Writing MsgHdr.bbs and index files...
Updating lastread.bbs... -H is not a JAM area or
does not exist -N is not a JAM area or does not
exist -P is not a JAM area or does not exist -T
is not a JAM area or does not exist -X is not a
JAM area or does not exist

For the windows version the option letters should
be preceded by / not - ... So use: FToolsW32
maint /H /N /P /T /X

Would be nice to accept both - and / in both versions of fmail.



--
'Tommi

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Hi Tommi,

On 2025-07-13 10:07:21, you wrote to me:

For the windows version the option letters should
be preceded by / not - ... So use: FToolsW32
maint /H /N /P /T /X

Would be nice to accept both - and / in both versions of fmail.

I've thought about that.

But on linux that is not usual. The / is used in paths. So it's difficult to distinguish between options and paths that start with a /.

And for the windows version I decided to keep backwards compatibility and not change the behaviour from / to - for options, so not to break peoples existing batch files...

(And I haven't implemented supporting both just on Windows)


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hi Wilfred.

13 Jul 25 15:03, you wrote to me:

For the windows version the option letters should
be preceded by / not - ... So use: FToolsW32
maint /H /N /P /T /X

Would be nice to accept both - and / in both versions of fmail.

I've thought about that.

Good. ;-)

But on linux that is not usual. The / is used in paths. So it's
difficult to distinguish between options and paths that start with a
/.

It could be done, but I believe it's not worth that at all. With the command "?" you get all the necessary help. :)

'Tommi

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