[nos-bbs] mailmsg and index corruption ?

[Langelaar]

Deleting sequence.txt is a bad idea I think.

Then you start over, and risk 'duplicate messages' in the eyes
of remote systems that may already have those 'BIDS' on record,
even if they are completely different message content.

Maiko

On 12/15/20 3:03 PM, Langelaar wrote:
> For the mailmsg created messages ?
>
> No no, just delete the *.ind, not everthing, then you don't loose the 
> content.
>
> OR run 'index <area>' at the JNOS prompt when noone is forwarding.
>
> Maiko
>
> On 12/15/20 2:38 PM, jerome schatten wrote:
>> I had this happen a few days ago and from time to time over the past 
>> year or two.
>>
>> In each case I would delete everything in ~/spool/mail  and deletie 
>> sequence.seq  from ~/spool/mqueue
>>
>> This kills all the current mail messages and forces the index to be 
>> rebuilt
>>
>> Best,
>> Jerome - ve7ass
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 15, 2020, at 10:45, Langelaar <maiko at pcsinternet.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Can anyone (several would be good) confirm that mailmsg possibly
>>>
>>> corrupts the index on the mailbox of intended area ? If I didn't
>>>
>>> know any better after I posted to packet at ww, things went strange
>>>
>>> when I tried to list the entries in that area.
>>>
>>> Or maybe I'm just going 'mad' ...
>>>
>>> Maiko / VE4KLM
>>>
>>>
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