Subj : Re: Purge and Pack message base
To   : Richard Vonzel
From : Avon
Date : Sun Feb 02 2025 11:44 am

On 01 Feb 2025 at 12:18p, Richard Vonzel pondered and said...
 
 RV> 
 RV>    Hello everybody!
 RV> 
 RV> I carry Fidonet, FSXnet, Dovenet echo areas. They are all setup to have
 RV> 500 max msgs. But the FSXnet areas do not seem to purge att all. Some of
 RV> them have over 100,000 messages in them. Is there a reason why that one
 RV> network would not get purged?

No, but do you have other rules like max message age also set up?

You could set level 3 logging in MUTIL when running the purge message bases function and check the logs to get a better handle as to what's happening.

e.g.

+ Feb 02 00:45:02    ALLFIX File Announce
+ Feb 02 00:45:02      Purge by max msgs: 1000 (1024 current)
! Feb 02 00:45:02      Purge #1
! Feb 02 00:45:02      Purge #2
! Feb 02 00:45:02      Purge #3
! Feb 02 00:45:02      Purge #4

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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