i search if exists fmail build for linux,
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Hi Fernando,

On 2020-12-10 12:02:49, you wrote to Fidonet.FMAIL_HELP:

i search if exists fmail build for linux,

Only partly... Read this if you are interested:

http://vlzn.nl/fmail/files/fmail-linux-install.txt


Bye, Wilfred.

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El 10/12/20 a las 12:43, Wilfred van Velzen escribió:

Hi Fernando,

On 2020-12-10 12:02:49, you wrote to Fidonet.FMAIL_HELP:

FT> i search if exists fmail build for linux,

Only partly... Read this if you are interested:

http://vlzn.nl/fmail/files/fmail-linux-install.txt

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hi Wilfred!!

I'm success build fmail on linux. The fmail an ftools executables just
build and work.

Is there an example of the fmail.cfg file? is it a binary file? I think
you could get to program something using python to replace that utility
if it is not too complicated.
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18 May 2021 22:51, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

Is there an example of the fmail.cfg file? is it a binary file? I
think you could get to program something using python to replace that utility if it is not too complicated.

It is a binary file, and it's not the only one. AFAIK there is also fmail.ar, fmail.ard, fmail.pck and fmail.nod.

Perhaps it would be fine if these configuration files could be exported to (and imported from) text files (ini-style, json, yaml or whatever). I don't know if this is a crazy idea...

Carlos
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Hi Fernando,

On 2021-05-18 22:51:31, you wrote to me:

FT> i search if exists fmail build for linux,

Only partly... Read this if you are interested:

http://vlzn.nl/fmail/files/fmail-linux-install.txt

I'm success build fmail on linux. The fmail an ftools executables just build and work.

Ok great! :-)

Is there an example of the fmail.cfg file?

On every installed system there is one. ;)

is it a binary file?

Yes.

You can look at the used structures here: https://sourceforge.net/p/fmail/code/ci/master/tree/fmstruct.h

I think you could get to program something using python to replace
that utility if it is not too complicated.

Python would be great, as long as the program runs in a text console, without dependencies on uncommon libraries...

But there are more files, besides fmail.cfg, it needs to be abel to read and write to. Look at paragraph 1.2 of FMail.txt. And there are more files it needs to know about if you want to implement all functionality, like for instance the import functions.

I already did some experimental command line tools in python: https://sourceforge.net/p/fmail/code/ci/linux/tree/tools/

That convert the fmail.ar(t) file to and from text based formats.


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hi Carlos,

On 2021-05-19 08:36:36, you wrote to Fernando Toledo:

It is a binary file, and it's not the only one. AFAIK there is also fmail.ar, fmail.ard, fmail.pck and fmail.nod.

Perhaps it would be fine if these configuration files could be exported to (and imported from) text files (ini-style, json, yaml or whatever). I don't
know if this is a crazy idea...

Not crazy, I already did one myself (see my previous message). But for day to day operation of your system, I don't think it would be practical to do that by editting these text files. They would be very complex, and it would be to easy to make mistakes in the structures...

Bye, Wilfred.

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El 19/5/21 a las 03:36, Carlos Navarro escribió:

18 May 2021 22:51, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

FT> Is there an example of the fmail.cfg file? is it a binary file? I
FT> think you could get to program something using python to replace that
FT> utility if it is not too complicated.

It is a binary file, and it's not the only one. AFAIK there is also fmail.ar, fmail.ard, fmail.pck and fmail.nod.

Perhaps it would be fine if these configuration files could be exported to (and imported from) text files (ini-style, json, yaml or whatever). I don't know if this is a crazy idea...

text plain file will be cool.
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19 May 2021 08:33, you wrote to Fernando Toledo:

I already did some experimental command line tools in python: https://sourceforge.net/p/fmail/code/ci/linux/tree/tools/

That convert the fmail.ar(t) file to and from text based formats.

Interesting. Will check those.

Carlos
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