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    From Richard Fairman@3:770/3 to All on Wed Oct 30 07:39:30 2019
    I get the error "unknown inbound file" when I try to bring them into my bbs using mutil with my mailing ini file I can see the files in echomail/in
    Thanks

    Richard

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Richard Fairman on Thu Oct 31 12:59:29 2019
    On 30 Oct 2019 at 07:39a, Richard Fairman pondered and said...

    I get the error "unknown inbound file" when I try to bring them into my bbs using mutil with my mailing ini file I can see the files in echomail/in Thanks

    Do you have logging at level 3?

    What is the name of the file in your echomail\in folder?

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  • From Richard Fairman@3:770/3 to All on Thu Oct 31 03:01:56 2019
    Logging is at 3
    I get error for all the files in the in folder (echomail comes in ok to my bbs) The tic file is missing
    How can I ask hub to resend the files

    Regards

    Richard

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  • From Richard Fairman@3:770/3 to All on Thu Oct 31 10:44:22 2019
    Getting forward slowly

    Now getting error in log file
    Area FSX_GEN does not exist
    Skip create area data files exist FSX_GEN


    Regards

    Richard

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Richard Fairman on Fri Nov 1 12:51:35 2019
    On 31 Oct 2019 at 10:44a, Richard Fairman pondered and said...

    Getting forward slowly

    Now getting error in log file
    Area FSX_GEN does not exist
    Skip create area data files exist FSX_GEN

    Hmm... I'd check your message base permissions (if you are running Linux) Perhaps it might be an idea to backup your system first, then remove the FSX_GEN base from your message base areas, then run MUTIL on those packets to see if that will force the base to be auto created without issue?

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  • From Richard Fairman@3:770/3 to All on Fri Nov 1 03:57:02 2019
    Now fixed When removing file bases such as fasxnode I was prompted to allow remove data files I clicked yes but the files were not removed from the data folder I removed them manually now tossing works as expected Maybe the non deletion of the data files
    is a bug
    Thanks for all your help

    Today's hatched worked great

    Regards

    Richard

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Richard Fairman on Sat Nov 2 08:18:38 2019
    On 01 Nov 2019 at 03:57a, Richard Fairman pondered and said...

    Now fixed When removing file bases such as fasxnode I was prompted to allow remove data files I clicked yes but the files were not removed
    from the data folder I removed them manually now tossing works as
    expected Maybe the non deletion of the data files
    is a bug

    Removing the data files does not remove the actual files, instead it clears
    the database Mystic has internally running to keep track of what files are actually in a given file area i.e. the file directory you specify to store them.

    I think the reset would not have hurt but the removal of the old files from
    the directory allowed the new ones to toss in correctly, now the interesting thing will be will you encounter the same issue next time files arrive as the nodelist file is hatched weekly and includes the REPLACE verb in the TIC file so Mystic should swap things out replacing old with new.

    Also check a couple of things in your settings


    Config > File Base Settings

    ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß File Base Settings ß

    List Compression ³ Yes Auto Valida
    List Columns ³ 2 See Unvalid
    Bases in Groups ³ Yes DL Unvalida
    Reshow File Header ³ No See Failed
    Upload Dupe Scan ³ Current DL Failed

    I suggest set 'upload dupe scan' to 'Current'

    This allows for more than one copy of a file to be imported into multiple bases. In most cases you don't have many of those but I have seen people get stuck importing nodelists when another copy of the nodelist might sit in another file base... so the short version is use 'current' to avoid issues later.

    The other thing to check is in the .ini file you use to import files.

    [snip]


    ; If this is true, then Mystic will allow the REPLACE TIC option, which will
    ; remove and replace files by the specified file mask.

    allow_replace = true

    ; If true, then Mystic will attempt to autocreate file bases when a file is
    ; found for an Area that does not already exist. If an unknown file is found
    ; and this option is disabled, the file will be considered a failure, and will
    ; be ignored/moved to bad directory (if enabled)

    auto_create = true

    [snip]

    You'll want to ensure these are both set to true.

    Hope this helps

    Best, Paul

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  • From Richard Fairman@3:770/3 to All on Fri Nov 1 13:47:13 2019
    Thanks for your help I'll try those options

    Regards

    Richard

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Richard Fairman on Sat Nov 2 11:13:31 2019
    On 01 Nov 2019 at 01:47p, Richard Fairman pondered and said...

    Thanks for your help I'll try those options

    all good :)

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