Subj : errors and how to fix?
To   : Paul Hayton
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Tue Dec 06 2022 09:29 pm


04 Dec 22 21:26, Paul Hayton wrote to All:

 PH> Hi there

 PH> I'm starting to see this error in my logs

 PH> 3 Dec:04:2022:21:23:21  Linking area NETMAIL
 PH> A Dec:04:2022:21:23:21  JAM ERROR: wrongly sized subfield occured!
 PH> A Dec:04:2022:21:23:22  JAM ERROR: wrongly sized subfield occured!
 PH> A Dec:04:2022:21:23:23  JAM ERROR: subfield is suspiciously large! (1414879828 bytes)
 PH> A Dec:04:2022:21:23:23  JAM ERROR: wrongly sized subfield occured!
 PH> A Dec:04:2022:21:23:24  JAM ERROR: subfield is suspiciously large! (976302592 bytes)
 PH> A Dec:04:2022:21:23:24  JAM ERROR: subfield is suspiciously large! (825360384 bytes)
 PH> ----------------------- Sun 04 Dec 2022, hpt/lnx 1.9 2022-07-03
 PH> 1 Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  Start
 PH> 1 Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  Start packing...
 PH> 4 Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  EchoTossLogFile not found -> Scanning all areas
 PH> 4 Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  Scanning NetmailArea NETMAIL
 PH> A Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  JAM ERROR: wrongly sized subfield occured!
 PH> 4 Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  Scanning NetmailArea NETMSG
 PH> D Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  Statistics
 PH> D Dec:04:2022:21:23:25      areas:    2   msgs:     54
 PH> D Dec:04:2022:21:23:25      exported:    0
 PH> E Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  Areas summary:
 PH> 1 Dec:04:2022:21:23:25  End

 PH> when I view the message base using GoldED the last 4-5 messages are empty.

 PH> is the base corrupt? How best to resolve?

I have seen the same. You could try to delete those empty messages with GoldED and then run "sqpack NETMAIL".

'Tommi

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