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Hi -

Can someone point me to the proper configuration to maintain my message bases in Synchronet?
I see there are purge options by age in the message area setting but i am not sure if some event is
needed to insure that that happens. Can anyone explain how best to manage this and explain how
it works for Synchronet?

Thank you ...

Al
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Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: Al Miller to All on Sun Sep 29 2019 09:44 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi -

Can someone point me to the proper configuration to maintain my message bases in Synchronet?
I see there are purge options by age in the message area setting but i am not sure if some event is
needed to insure that that happens. Can anyone explain how best to manage this and explain how
it works for Synchronet?

Yes, a "MSGMAINT" timed event comes preconfigured in SCFG->External Programs-> Timed Events:

Internal Code MSGMAINT
Start-up Directory ../data/subs
Command Line %!smbutil%. mp1000 *.shd
Enabled Yes
Execution Node 1
Execution Months Any
Execution Days of Month Any
Execution Days of Week Sun
Execution Time 05:00
Requires Exclusive Execution Yes
Force Users Off-line For Event Yes
Native Executable Yes
Use Shell to Execute Yes
Background Execution No
Always Run After Init/Re-init No


digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #65:
Synchronet can dynamically compress and uncompress message bases (using LZH). Norco, CA WX: 58.6øF, 78.0% humidity, 6 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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To: Digital Man

Can someone point me to the proper configuration to maintain my message bases in Synchronet?
I see there are purge options by age in the message area setting but i am not sure if some event is
needed to insure that that happens. Can anyone explain how best to manage this and explain how
it works for Synchronet?

Yes, a "MSGMAINT" timed event comes preconfigured in SCFG->External Programs-> Timed Events:

Thank you. I should have checked first.....

Al
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ahh this is what cause the "event happening at 5:00 shorting your time'

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Re: Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: Al Miller to Digital Man on Mon Sep 30 2019 08:51 pm

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To: Digital Man

Can someone point me to the proper configuration to maintain my messag bases in Synchronet?
I see there are purge options by age in the message area setting but i not sure if some event is
needed to insure that that happens. Can anyone explain how best to manage this and explain how
it works for Synchronet?

Yes, a "MSGMAINT" timed event comes preconfigured in SCFG->External Programs-> Timed Events:

Thank you. I should have checked first.....

Al

one thing i would advise against is putting all your data files in one dir for your msg subs.

you can have them in separate directories but then you'd have to change your script for running maint on the msg bases.
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Re: Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: MRO to Al Miller on Tue Oct 01 2019 04:10 pm

one thing i would advise against is putting all your data files in one dir for your msg subs.

you can have them in separate directories but then you'd have to change your script for running maint on the msg bases.

I think that's a good thing to do, but if you use an internal code prefix for your message groups then I don't think that would be a problem. The internal code prefix for the message group would apply to all the sub-boards in that group, so if you have a unique prefix for the group, then the message sub-boards should each have a unique internal code and there shouldn't be conflicts.

Still, I've been keeping my sub-board files in their own separate directories per message group.

Nightfox

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Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-

Still, I've been keeping my sub-board files in their own separate directories per message group.

I've done that ever since I helped a fellow sysop when his system crashed.
He had hundreds of areas in an old Searchlight BBS - I think it kept 4 files per message area. His poor old DOS system couldn't handle one directory with thousands of fragmented files in it.


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Re: Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: Nightfox to MRO on Tue Oct 01 2019 03:40 pm

Re: Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: MRO to Al Miller on Tue Oct 01 2019 04:10 pm

one thing i would advise against is putting all your data files in one dir for your msg subs.

you can have them in separate directories but then you'd have to change your script for running maint on the msg bases.

I think that's a good thing to do, but if you use an internal code prefix for your message groups then I don't think that would be a problem. The internal code prefix for the message group would apply to all the sub-boards in that group, so if you have a unique prefix for the group, then the message sub-boards should each have a unique internal code and there shouldn't be conflicts.

Still, I've been keeping my sub-board files in their own separate directories per message group.

My Synchronet data directory is a share thats mounted by the VM. I don't have to worry about all the file and messages bases if the VM gets hosed and I have to restore from a backup.

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Re: Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: echto to Nightfox on Thu Oct 03 2019 10:54 am

My Synchronet data directory is a share thats mounted by the VM. I don't have to worry about all the file and messages bases if the VM gets hosed and I have to restore from a backup.

Ah. I run my BBS in a VM, but I don't keep any of its files on a share folder. I periodically back up my BBS in case anything goes wrong.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: echto to Nightfox on Thu Oct 03 2019 10:54 am

My Synchronet data directory is a share thats mounted by the VM. I don't hav to worry about all the file and messages bases if the VM gets hosed and I ha to restore from a backup.

it's still better to keep things neat and in their own directory.
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To: echto
Re: Re: Message Purging with Synchronet
By: echto to Nightfox on Thu Oct 03 2019 10:54 am

My Synchronet data directory is a share thats mounted by the VM. I don't hav to worry about all the file and messages bases if the VM gets hosed and I ha to restore from a backup.

it's still better to keep things neat and in their own directory.
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Thank you Team - I appreciate all the help and support!!!!! Rather then filling this with a thank you
to everyone just know that I appreciate everyone’s help!

Al
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