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    From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to All on Fri Jul 4 11:51:06 2025

    Hi there

    how best to fix this one please?

    ------------ Fri 2025-07-04, FMail-W32-2.0.1.4
    11:47:51.969 Import
    11:48:04.417 Maximum message base size has been reached (# records) 11:48:04.417 - new txt recs: 96, orig txt recs: 65440
    11:48:13.387 Updating actual message base files...
    11:48:13.419 Netmail: 0, Personal: 0, Hudson: 0, JAMbase: 0
    11:48:13.419 Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
    11:48:13.419 Hudson echo write error
    11:48:13.419 Exiting with errorlevel 1

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Paul Hayton on Fri Jul 4 10:40:53 2025
    Hi Paul,

    On 2025-07-04 11:51:06, you wrote to All:

    how best to fix this one please?

    ------------ Fri 2025-07-04, FMail-W32-2.0.1.4
    11:47:51.969 Import
    11:48:04.417 Maximum message base size has been reached (# records) 11:48:04.417 - new txt recs: 96, orig txt recs: 65440
    11:48:13.387 Updating actual message base files...
    11:48:13.419 Netmail: 0, Personal: 0, Hudson: 0, JAMbase: 0 11:48:13.419 Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0
    11:48:13.419 Hudson echo write error
    11:48:13.419 Exiting with errorlevel 1

    Run ftools maintenance on your hudson message base. Something like:

    # ftools MAINT -H -N -P -T -X

    The most important one is the -P option which packs (removes deleted message) from the message base.

    If there aren't any deleted messages in your hudson message base, you will first have to delete some from the hudson areas with your editor.


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Wilfred van Velzen on Sun Jul 13 10:08:37 2025
    On 04 Jul 2025 at 10:40a, Wilfred van Velzen pondered and said...

    Run ftools maintenance on your hudson message base. Something like:

    # ftools MAINT -H -N -P -T -X

    Here's what I got

    c:\fsxuse\fmail>FToolsW32 maint -H -N -P -T -X
    FTools-W32-2.0.1.4 - The Fast Message Base Utility

    Copyright (C) 1991-2017 by FMail Developers - All rights reserved

    Processing hudson message base
    Message base AutoRenumbering activated
    Analyzing the message base...
    Updating reply-chains in memory...
    Writing MsgHdr.bbs and index files...
    Updating lastread.bbs...
    -H is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -N is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -P is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -T is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -X is not a JAM area or does not exist

    Maint Active: 0.047 sec.

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Paul Hayton on Sun Jul 13 00:27:42 2025
    Hi Paul,

    On 2025-07-13 10:08:37, you wrote to me:

    Run ftools maintenance on your hudson message base. Something like:

    # ftools MAINT -H -N -P -T -X

    Here's what I got

    c:\fsxuse\fmail>FToolsW32 maint -H -N -P -T -X
    FTools-W32-2.0.1.4 - The Fast Message Base Utility

    Copyright (C) 1991-2017 by FMail Developers - All rights reserved

    Processing hudson message base
    Message base AutoRenumbering activated
    Analyzing the message base...
    Updating reply-chains in memory...
    Writing MsgHdr.bbs and index files...
    Updating lastread.bbs...
    -H is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -N is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -P is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -T is not a JAM area or does not exist
    -X is not a JAM area or does not exist

    For the windows version the option letters should be preceded by / not - ...

    So use: FToolsW32 maint /H /N /P /T /X


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)