Hello All!

I have a downlink that has been complaining that he hasnt gotten any mail so ive been looking into and just now saturday I wrote a test message in micronet test and it did pack it for him, but today is Saturday and look at the pkt name ..

Packing for 618:300/50 Martin_Kazmaier, 530c9d10.pkt > 4d9c8600.tu0
6 20:38:27 cmd: zip -9 -j -q /fido/mailer/out.26a/4d9c8600.tu0 /fido/mailer/out.tmp/530c9d10.pkt

Tuesday? I verified mm servers date and time to be correct, what would cause this? Could this be why I am not delivering mail to him?

Regards,

Rick

... BBSing is fun, isn't it?
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Awesome Net- Oregon FTN Hub - www.awesomenet.us (1:105/81)

Hello Rick!

11 Jul 26 20:42, you wrote to all:

I have a downlink that has been complaining that he hasnt gotten any
mail so ive been looking into and just now saturday I wrote a test
message in micronet test and it did pack it for him, but today is
Saturday and look at the pkt name ..

Packing for 618:300/50 Martin_Kazmaier, 530c9d10.pkt > 4d9c8600.tu0
6 20:38:27 cmd: zip -9 -j -q /fido/mailer/out.26a/4d9c8600.tu0 /fido/mailer/out.tmp/530c9d10.pkt

Send that link raw packets. Problem will then be solved.



Stephen


--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260304
* Origin: Dragon's Lair ---:- dragon.vk3heg.net -:--- Prt: 6800 (3:633/280)

Hello, Rick Smith.
On 12/07/2026 6.42 you wrote:

Hello All!
I have a downlink that has been complaining that he hasnt gotten any
mail so ive been looking into and just now saturday I wrote a test
message in micronet test and it did pack it for him, but today is
Saturday and look at the pkt name ..
Packing for 618:300/50 Martin_Kazmaier, 530c9d10.pkt > 4d9c8600.tu0
6 20:38:27 cmd: zip -9 -j -q /fido/mailer/out.26a/4d9c8600.tu0 /fido/mailer/out.tmp/530c9d10.pkt
Tuesday? I verified mm servers date and time to be correct, what would cause this? Could this be why I am not delivering mail to him?

3.4.11 DailyBundles

Syntax:
dailyBundles <bool>
Example:
dailyBundles

If DailyBundles is off, hpt will use existing arcmail bundles to add packets for this link, even if they were created in the previous days. If DailyBundles is set, a new arcmail bundle for the link will be started when the new day begins.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

Regards,
Rick

--
'Tommi

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.4.1-B20260612
* Origin: jamnntpd/lnx (2:221/360.0)

On 2026 Jul 11 20:42:58, you wrote to All:

Could this be why I am not delivering mail to him?

other than ?ut and ?lo files in BSO, filenames of FTN packets and bundles don't really matter, TBH... better would be to check where that tu0 file is/was queued to send and where it was sent...

does the tosser log say which flo file the tu0 was added to?
is it listed in /fido/mailer/out.26a/012c0032.?lo where the "?" is one of c, d, f, h, or i?
if it is not in that file, then it was routed/queued/sent to another system address...

the only other thing that would be better/easier would be to stop archiving packets for sending over today's media... data is automatically compressed as needed for transmission these days so archiving files like FTN packets is doing extra wasted work where it is not needed...

)\/(ark

"The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
... Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slower to become angry.
---
* Origin: (1:3634/12.73)

Hey Rick!

On Sat, Jul 11 2026 22:42:58 -0500, you wrote:

Packing for 618:300/50 Martin_Kazmaier, 530c9d10.pkt > 4d9c8600.tu0
6 20:38:27 cmd: zip -9 -j -q /fido/mailer/out.26a/4d9c8600.tu0 / fido/mailer/out.tmp/530c9d10.pkt

Tuesday? I verified mm servers date and time to be correct, what
would cause this? Could this be why I am not delivering mail to him?

More than likely, you originally created that bundle on a Tuesday, and it hasn't been sent yet. So hpt will keep adding packets to that same bundle until the specified bundle size limit is met. Once that happens, a new bundle will be created with an extension for the day it was created, not the day it currently is if it never gets sent out.

So, sounds more like a mailer/connection problem, instead.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
--- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
* Origin: _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/700)

Hello Stephen!

Sunday July 12 2026 14:07, you wrote to me:

* Forwarded from area 'FIDOSOFT.HUSKY'

Hello Rick!

11 Jul 26 20:42, you wrote to all:

I have a downlink that has been complaining that he hasnt gotten
any mail so ive been looking into and just now saturday I wrote a
test message in micronet test and it did pack it for him, but
today is Saturday and look at the pkt name ..

Packing for 618:300/50 Martin_Kazmaier, 530c9d10.pkt >
4d9c8600.tu0 6 20:38:27 cmd: zip -9 -j -q
/fido/mailer/out.26a/4d9c8600.tu0
/fido/mailer/out.tmp/530c9d10.pkt

Send that link raw packets. Problem will then be solved.

I have never done that, I can send raw to one node?



Regards,

Rick

... Guilty of BUI--BBSing under the Influence!
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Awesome Net- Oregon FTN Hub - www.awesomenet.us (1:105/81)

Send that link raw packets. Problem will then be solved.

I have never done that, I can send raw to one node?

Yes. Go into your links file or section, find the entry for that node and, under that entry, change:

packer zip

to

packer none

As a previous poster suggested, I would make sure that this directive is present for that node first, though, before going to uncompressed:

dailyBundles on

Main thing I would do, once I was sure that husky was creating the bundles or packets, is to check my binkd logs to verify that the connections are working correctly and are ending with rc=0 instead of some error.

Mike

--- ScorpioWeb v0.36a (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * KY, USA (1:2320/107)

Hello Rick!

12 Jul 26 07:33, you wrote to me:

Packing for 618:300/50 Martin_Kazmaier, 530c9d10.pkt >
4d9c8600.tu0 6 20:38:27 cmd: zip -9 -j -q
/fido/mailer/out.26a/4d9c8600.tu0
/fido/mailer/out.tmp/530c9d10.pkt

Send that link raw packets. Problem will then be solved.

I have never done that, I can send raw to one node?

Yes. Just remove the packer statement for the link.


Stephen


--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260304
* Origin: Dragon's Lair ---:- dragon.vk3heg.net -:--- Prt: 6800 (3:633/280)

Hello Mike!

12 Jul 26 15:59, you wrote to Rick Smith:

I have never done that, I can send raw to one node?

Yes. Go into your links file or section, find the entry for that node and, under that entry, change:

packer zip
packer none

dailyBundles on

I have non of those statements in my hpt config, and all nodes are sent raw packets.
It's just not worth it anymore, with linking via the internet.


Stephen


--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260304
* Origin: Dragon's Lair ---:- dragon.vk3heg.net -:--- Prt: 6800 (3:633/280)

Stephen Walsh wrote to Mike Powell <=-

packer zip
packer none

dailyBundles on

I have non of those statements in my hpt config, and all nodes are sent raw packets. It's just not worth it anymore, with linking via the internet.

If you are not using compressed packets, you don't need any of them.



... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely small values of 5
--- MultiMail/DOS
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * KY, USA (1:2320/107)

Hello Mike!

Monday July 13 2026 08:05, you wrote to Stephen Walsh:

Stephen Walsh wrote to Mike Powell <=-

packer zip
packer none

dailyBundles on

I have non of those statements in my hpt config, and all nodes
are sent raw packets. It's just not worth it anymore, with
linking via the internet.

Thankyou I am awaiting to see if this works... One of my networks isnt processing afix filefix requests in fact I see that actual netmails in my netmail?

Regards,

Rick

... --------- BBSing is VERBAL GROUP SEX ----------
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Awesome Net- Oregon FTN Hub - www.awesomenet.us (1:105/81)

Thankyou I am awaiting to see if this works... One of my networks isnt processing afix filefix requests in fact I see that actual netmails in my netmail?

Hmmm, I have not run into that issue. Best as I can tell, if husky/hpt is worrking properly, the area/filefix requests don't show up in netmail (or they are addressed to a user whose messages I don't see). Do they include an error message in the text?



--- ScorpioWeb v0.36a (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * KY, USA (1:2320/107)

Hello Mike!

Monday July 13 2026 14:55, you wrote to me:

* Forwarded from area 'FIDOSOFT.HUSKY'

Thankyou I am awaiting to see if this works... One of my networks
isnt processing afix filefix requests in fact I see that actual
netmails in my netmail?

Hmmm, I have not run into that issue. Best as I can tell, if
husky/hpt is worrking properly, the area/filefix requests don't show
up in netmail (or they are addressed to a user whose messages I don't see). Do they include an error message in the text?

no its strange I just see the netmail to filefix and the downling complained about no response so not sure whats happening

Regards,

Rick

... Teenage Hell: A parent who's into BBSing
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Awesome Net- Oregon FTN Hub - www.awesomenet.us (1:105/81)