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  • Not tossing-where's the mail??

    From Bill Gordon@1:3634/22 to All on Sunday, October 28, 2012 23:56:14
    I am finding this error ever since Oct 27 @ 12:56am:

    + 27 Oct 12:56:17 FSTE begin, FastEcho 1.46; TOSS
    ! 27 Oct 12:56:18 FSTE Messages would be tossed beyond HMB limits (MSGTXT.BBS overflow)
    * 27 Oct 12:56:18 FSTE Active 0:00:01 (Extern 0:00:00)
    + 27 Oct 12:56:18 FSTE end, FastEcho 1.46

    and continuing till

    + 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE begin, FastEcho 1.46; TOSS
    ! 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE Messages would be tossed beyond HMB limits (MSGTXT.BBS overflow)
    * 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE Active 0:00:00 (Extern 0:00:00)
    + 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE end, FastEcho 1.46

    What would the problem/cause be, and how to fix it?

    Thanks

    --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS
    * Origin: *Square One Christian BBS - sq1bbs.com - In God We Trust (1:3634/22)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Bill Gordon on Friday, November 23, 2012 10:59:56

    NOTE: this is a resend of this reply as a new message... it seems that the previous one didn't get propogated on 2012 Oct 30 when it was written...

    ! 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE Messages would be tossed beyond HMB limits (MSGTXT.BBS overflow)
    * 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE Active 0:00:00 (Extern 0:00:00)
    + 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE end, FastEcho 1.46

    What would the problem/cause be, and how to fix it?

    you have too many messages in your HMB... it has some pretty strict limitations...

    Max areas : 255 (depending on software. quickbbs only allowed 200)
    Max messages : 32767 (this is ALL messages in ALL areas)
    Max size : 16Meg (MSGTXT.BBS holds 65535 255byte records)

    to be specific, those messages are telling you that you are running into the third limitation...

    your only choice is to trim the numbers of messages you have stored and pack the base down... either one of the second two will cause problems like you are seeing... if either of those limits are broached, the entire message base is corrupt and the only option is to delete all the MSG*.BBS files and start all over again...

    )\/(ark
    member, FastEcho Beta Team


    * Origin: (1:3634/12)
  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/384 to Mark Lewis on Saturday, November 24, 2012 08:15:00
    Hi! mark,

    In a message to Bill Gordon you wrote:

    Tada!

    @PATH: 3634/12 123/500 261/38 712/848 640/954
    NOTE: this is a resend of this reply as a new message... it seems
    that the previous one didn't get propogated on 2012 Oct 30 when it
    was written...

    This one made for good reading. Thanks, mark.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

    ... It's really quite simple: Their=not ours; There=a place; They're=they are. --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)