Subj : JAM msg base sorting
To   : Nil Alexandrov
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Mon Sep 11 2023 09:12 pm

On 11 Sep 2023 7.43, Nil Alexandrov wrote:

> Lemme guess, you are having a hard time with *smapinntpd* after
> purging your JAM bases? This guy (smapinntpd ) operates with the
> 'unique message ID' which is supposed to survive the database
> purging.

Actually I'm not having a hard time. I found this renumbering thing out long long time ago when I first stared using jamnntpd in my GEcho operated system.

Now in my linux husky system I simply don't purge/pack at all.

> I raised this question in a Russian speaking echo conferences
> *ru.ftn.develop*  and *ru.fidonet.today*  about two weeks ago. We had
> a very interesting discussion with a few folks after which I realized
> that people think that the BaseMsgNum field in the JAM header should
> stay 1 all the time.

Right. :)

In this msg area the first message has a number of 105. :)

'Tommi

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