TID: FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523
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Hi Nick,

On 2025-11-24 07:33:32, you wrote to me:

 SR>>> Is there something I should have in the node setup to send file
 SR>>> attached netmail. When doing a pack, it never touches them

 >> That's correct, FMail doesn't touch those.

 >> It's kind of historic, because in Frontdoor mode, frontdoor itself
 >> handled those netmails. It was never implemented for BSO mode.

 NB> If FMail supports fileboxes:

It does, but they shouldn't be used in combination with BSO/binkd, because it
bypasses all the lock/busy file logic, between the mailer and tosser, that is
normally happening in a BSO directory structure. So you have to make sure that
putting files in a filebox is done atomically. So use 'move' from a directory
on the same partition, and not 'copy'! ;-)

 NB> Fileboxes per link can be used in BSO mode where anything put in said
 NB> directory (usually manually) would be sent to the link.

I'm aware of that. And fileboxes can be defined in the binkd config for each
link (I use that), while it supports the normal BSO file logic at the same
time. If that is what Sean wants/need, it is a good option, and you don't need
FMail/any-tosser, to be involved. Just don't use netmail file attaches.

 NB> So in Sean's case, if he knows where this/these netmail attach files
 NB> are supposed to be going, he can setup a filebox for that link, and
 NB> manually move the file into that directory so it gets sent the the
 NB> proper system.

Yes, in the binkd config.


Bye, Wilfred.

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