Subj : SBBSECHO complaining about busy file that is NOT there!
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Feb 19 2022 17:00:56

  Re: SBBSECHO complaining about busy file that is NOT there!
  By: Dumas Walker to All on Sat Feb 19 2022 04:06 pm

 > So sbbsecho is complaining of the following:
 >
 > Node (#:####/###) externally locked via: /sbbs/fido/out/09100069.bsy
 >
 > However, /sbbs/fido/out is empty.  No bsy files or any files in it.

Are you checking at the exact moment that SBBSecho is "complaining"? Checking at some time later won't help.

 > So, where is it actually looking when it is complaining of the bsy file
 > being present?

The actual location shown/logged. Most likely, your mailer was connected with the node in question at the time of "complaint".
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