Subj : Re-attach abandoned mail archives?
To   : Johan Zwiekhorst
From : Bob Jones
Date : Wed Oct 08 2003 03:23 pm

 JZ>> Does anyone here have or know of a utility which can
 JZ>> detect abandoned mail archives (mailarchives without an
 JZ>> entry in the corresponding flow file) in a binkley-
 JZ>> style outbound directory and re-attach them to the node
 JZ>> they were destined for? I would like an OS/2 utility,
 JZ>> but a DOS utility will do fine as well. No Windows here.

 >BJ: Possibly BONK (DOS) or SOB (Son of Bonk), if I am remembering the
 >BJ: utilities correctly.....  Bonk allowed for some cleanup of the
 >BJ: outbound mail directories.  I'm not sure of all 
 >the options it allows
 >BJ: with orphaned files....  It's been a while since I've used such a
 >BJ: utility.

 JZ> BONK and SOB both clean up the outbound by deleting 
 JZ> stray files. Neither will re-attach stray mail archives.

Ok.  Then I guess I need to ask, what is allowing files to get detached from 
the mail archives with out the files getting transfered?  If the detached files 
are not zero length then there is a problem somewhere that needs correcting, 
and not with a kludge that just reattaches them to the outbound flow files..... 
 If they are zero length, the bonk or sob will allow for cleanup.....

 >BJ: Yaboom also comes to mind, but I don't remember the details for that
 >BJ: utility....

 JZ> I can't find that one on the internet...

May have to dig into my archives to see what comes up by that name....

Ok, look for file YABP120.ZIP (an OS/2 port).  I have a copy on my bbs in one 
of my old (archive) file areas.  This one came down the fernwood file 
distribution some time ago.  Looks like I have an older DOS version as 
YABOM110.ARJ, also in one of my old file areas.

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41

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