[nos-bbs] Newmail error: I understand so...
Gustavo Ponza
g.ponza at tin.it
Tue Jan 11 18:10:14 EST 2011
Hi Maiko and all,
from what I can understand, due to the limited elements, and
apart for the config.h compile data and the autoexec.nos setup
that should be appropriate, the *situation* of the read
messages is mainly *own* by the /spool/mail/*.usr file(s).
Now, each mailbox 'area' have four files, like to the following
taken from my 'meteo' mailbox area:
-------------------
root at darkstar:/jnos/spool/mail# ls -al
.....
-rw------- 1 root root 4086 2011-01-10 20:00 meteo.ind
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-01-10 20:00 meteo.inf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109430 2011-01-10 20:00 meteo.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86 2011-01-10 20:00 meteo.usr
.....
in particular, the 'meteo.txt' file contains the 'archive' of
that message area; the 'meteo.ind' contains the 'index' database)
and the (following) 'meteo.usr' contain the situation of the
'read' / 'forwarded' 'id number' of the last message correlated
with the user concerned).
--------------
/jnos/spool/mail/meteo.usr
i0ojj 57544
i3xty 9901
i3xty_ 57576
i4uki_ 57569
i4uki 28086
ir4sp 27570
iq5kg_ 49251
Now, in this illustrated situation the last 'read' message from the
'i0ojj' user is that which is identified with the 'id AA57544' number
and his time-stamp, which follows:
--------------
>From db0sif%db0sif.#hes.deu.eu at i0ojj.ampr.org Mon Jan 10 15:59:43 2011
Received: from i0ojj.ampr.org by i0ojj.ampr.org (JNOS2.0i) with SMTP
id AA57544 ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:59:43 +0100
X-Forwarded-To: I3XTY
X-Forwarded-To: I4UKI
Date: 10 Jan 11 14:06:00 GMT
Message-Id: <let8ipdb0sif at i3xty.bbs>
From: db0sif at db0sif.#hes.deu.eu
To: wetter at dl
Subject: WX Giessen JO40IO 10.01.11 14:02 UTC
X-BBS-Msg-Type: B
X-JNOS-User-Port: Uplink (I3XTY-1 on port xnet) -> Sending message
R:110110/1430z @:I3XTY.TV.IVEN.ITA.EU $:LET8IPDB0SIF
R:110110/1415Z @:I4UKI.#MO.IEMR.ITA.EU #:15878 [Spilamberto]
$:LET8IPDB0SIF
R:110110/1411z @:IR2UBX.ILOM.ITA.EU $:LET8IPDB0SIF
R:110110/1411z @:IK2XDE.ILOM.ITA.EU $:LET8IPDB0SIF
R:110110/1411z @:DB0RES.#NRW.DEU.EU $:LET8IPDB0SIF
R:110110/1411z @:DK0WUE.#BAY.DEU.EU $:LET8IPDB0SIF
R:110110/1406z @:DB0SWR.#BW.DEU.EU $:LET8IPDB0SIF
-----------------------cut here-----------------------
At next connect to the PBBS I found the following indications (look
at the sequence of issued commands):
--------------
*** connected to I0OJJ-5
[JNOS-2.0i-B2FHIM$]
Welcome to i0ojj.ampr.org
----==-- _
---==---(_)__ __ ____ __
--==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /
-=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
A proud member of linux team
You have 42 messages - 0 new.
New mail in: meteo packet tutti world
GWOJJ:I0OJJ-5 Area: i0ojj Current msg# 1.
?,A,B,C,D,E,F,H,I,IH,IP,J,K,L,M,N,NR,O,P,PI,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Z >
a meteo
meteo: 29 messages - 4 new.
GWOJJ:I0OJJ-5 Area: meteo Current msg# 26.
?,A,B,C,D,E,F,H,I,IH,IP,J,K,L,M,N,NR,O,P,PI,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Z >
l
Mail area: meteo
29 messages - 4 new
St. # TO FROM DATE SIZE SUBJECT
> N 26 asynop at dl dl7anc Jan 10 1398 ASYNOP DL7ANC
10.01.11
N 27 meteo at dl dg3obu Jan 10 2442 WX Auetal JO42OF 10.01.2011
17:03 U
N 28 wetter at dl dl7anc Jan 10 1301 BAUERNREGEL f.d.
11.01.11
N 29 wetter at dl db0lhr Jan 10 3590 PR-WX-Stn Lahr
JN38WI
GWOJJ:I0OJJ-5 Area: meteo Current msg# 26.
?,A,B,C,D,E,F,H,I,IH,IP,J,K,L,M,N,NR,O,P,PI,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Z >
v 26
Message #26
>From dl7anc%db0fhn.#bay.deu.eu at i0ojj.ampr.org Mon Jan 10 18:59:57 2011
Received: from i0ojj.ampr.org by i0ojj.ampr.org (JNOS2.0i) with SMTP
id AA57567 ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:59:57 +0100
X-Forwarded-To: I3XTY
X-Forwarded-To: I4UKI
Date: 10 Jan 11 16:59:00 GMT
Message-Id: <a1ldb0fhn12b at i3xty.bbs>
From: dl7anc at db0fhn.#bay.deu.eu
To: asynop at dl
Subject: ASYNOP DL7ANC 10.01.11
X-BBS-Msg-Type: B
X-JNOS-User-Port: Uplink (I3XTY-1 on port xnet) -> Sending message
R:110110/1730z @:I3XTY.TV.IVEN.ITA.EU $:A1LDB0FHN12B
R:110110/1707Z @:I4UKI.#MO.IEMR.ITA.EU #:15892 [Spilamberto]
$:A1LDB0FHN12B
R:110110/1703z @:IR2UBX.ILOM.ITA.EU $:A1LDB0FHN12B
R:110110/1703z @:IK2XDE.ILOM.ITA.EU $:A1LDB0FHN12B
R:110110/1703z @:DB0RES.#NRW.DEU.EU $:A1LDB0FHN12B
R:110110/1703z @:DK0WUE.#BAY.DEU.EU $:A1LDB0FHN12B
More(N=no)?
--------------------------cut here-------------------------------
The above 'Message #26' own the 'id AA57567' which is higher than
'id AA57544' and so it is shown as a 'New mail' message as illustrated
after the above (l)ist command.
Now, at this point, if the *.usr [and(/or) the *.ind ?] file(s) get
altered, corrupted or deleted, the JNOS will be never able to perform
the above duty. And, hence, also changing the JNOS executable, to
another version it does not sort anything :(
In particular, in this studies I found that the *.ind record in JNOS
is similar to the 'dirmes.sys' record in F6FBB PBBS, and is affected
by the 'expire.dat' setup.
The other indications in my /jnos/spool/mail/meteo.usr
i3xty_ 57576
i4uki_ 57569
iq5kg_ 49251
concerns, instead the last 'id AAnnnnn' already forwarded to the
PBBS partner(s), so any 'id number' above those is understood by the
JNOS *as forwardable* to the related partners.
ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
Swith off the JNOS, then save all *.txt archives for future reading/
copying of msgs concerned and delete *ONLY* all the contents into the
/spool/mail directory; then re-start the JNOS for a new adventure.
All new files shall be re-created by the new incoming messages with
the right 'id number' and the related time-stamp: good look!
In particular: I hope that all together switch on to JNOS 2.0i and
following releases found on the rsync site to give a better support
to the great Maiko: TNX!
Hope to add an Euro-cent to the debate.
73, Gustavo / I0OJJ
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