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TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17

 On 2019 Sep 08 16:58:34, you wrote to All:

 VC> The system can no longer pass packets to them as all extention letters
 VC> are used up.

this is one reason why these days it is easier and somewhat better to not use
bundles at all... just raw PKTs and there's no more problem like this specific
one...

 VC> Another option is if mbse on reaching .xxz (where xx is the day) to delete
 VC> all older empty archives and then restart with .xx0.

this is what i remember being done BUT when the new bundle was created, the
old truncated one was removed so it appears that your problem is in the code
that should be removing the last truncated bundle one the new bundle's name
has been determined...

of course, if you insist on using bundles, you could drop the extension
increments and always send

  .mo1
  .tu1
  .we1
  etc...

that might be done by setting your system to delete the bundle instead of
truncating it...

i switched to raw PKTs over a decade ago and have never looked back...

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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would
set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
... The tin can was invented in 1810; the can opener in 1855.
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