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    From Argos@21:1/203 to All on Fri Dec 20 21:41:48 2019
    I noticed this evening there are two files lingering around my echomail\in directory. The first file is fb3fd100.th0 dated 12/19/2019 and the second is fd0c7900.sa0 dated 12/20/2019

    Does anyone know what these files are? can I delete them, or is something not processing?

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Argos on Fri Dec 20 19:36:30 2019
    Does anyone know what these files are? can I delete them, or is
    something not processing?

    If they are empty you can just delete them.

    What is the size of those files and can you decompress them from the
    command line?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Argos on Sat Dec 21 17:22:21 2019
    On 20 Dec 2019 at 09:41p, Argos pondered and said...

    I noticed this evening there are two files lingering around my
    echomail\in directory. The first file is fb3fd100.th0 dated 12/19/2019 and the second is fd0c7900.sa0 dated 12/20/2019

    Given 1/100 is feeding you packets via HPT and BinkD at present it may pay to check to see if there are packets inside those compressed files..

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  • From Argos@21:1/203 to Al on Sat Dec 21 07:27:38 2019

    Does anyone know what these files are? can I delete them, or is something not processing?

    If they are empty you can just delete them.

    What is the size of those files and can you decompress them from the command line?


    The file size is 1kb and if I open the file with 7zip the file is blank ..

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Argos on Sat Dec 21 13:05:10 2019
    Hello Argos,

    This is for Avon also, just mentioning what I have seen.

    If they are empty you can just delete them.

    What is the size of those files and can you decompress them from
    the command line?

    The file size is 1kb and if I open the file with 7zip the file is
    blank ..

    That is a problem. I also got something like that on monday. I got this file in
    my inbound on monday from 4/100..

    -rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan 1008 Dec 16 11:12 0000fffa.mo0

    When I list the contents of that file with unzip -l I see this..

    Archive: 0000fffa.mo0
    Length Date Time Name
    --------- ---------- ----- ----
    1432 2019-12-16 11:12 mystfsx-net4/echomail/out/temp/f7d77106.pkt --------- -------
    1432 1 file

    When I try to unzip that file I see this..

    Archive: 0000fffa.mo0
    inflating: mystfsx-net4/echomail/out/temp/f7d77106.pkt
    error: invalid compressed data to inflate
    error: invalid zip file with overlapped components (possible zip bomb)

    I also received 2, 22 byte arcmail bundles, both empty zip files. That was a bit later in the week, Wednesday or Thursday. 4/100 is now sending me raw .pkt files and I haven't had any problems since.

    I haven't had any problems with archivers myself, so I don't know what the problem or solution might be.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Sat Dec 21 21:00:46 2019
    On 21 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    I also received 2, 22 byte arcmail bundles, both empty zip files. That
    was a bit later in the week, Wednesday or Thursday. 4/100 is now sending me raw .pkt file s and I haven't had any problems since.

    I'll just leave it set to raw pkt files for now. It seems like that works
    best for everyone.

    I haven't had any problems with archivers myself, so I don't know what
    the probl em or solution might be.

    The problem is, the system is running Windows... Oooops, did I say that
    out loud? That should have been a thought bubble... ;)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Sat Dec 21 21:51:26 2019
    Hello Black,

    I'll just leave it set to raw pkt files for now. It seems like that
    works best for everyone.

    Those .pkt's get compressed on the fly anyway so you could leave it that way. There's really no need for archivers.

    The problem is, the system is running Windows... Oooops, did I say
    that out loud? That should have been a thought bubble... ;)

    I'll leave that one alone.. ;)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Jeff Smith@21:1/128 to Argos on Sat Dec 21 00:17:50 2019
    Hello Argos,

    I noticed this evening there are two files lingering around my echomail\in directory. The first file is fb3fd100.th0 dated 12/19/2019 and the second is fd0c7900.sa0 dated 12/20/2019

    Does anyone know what these files are? can I delete them, or is something not processing?

    The filenames would suggest that they are compressed mail files. Your Mutil logs should indicate what processing was done/attempted regarding the mail files.
    You could also check if they are indeed compressed mail files by trying to uncompress them as they should likely contain mail packet (.pkt) files. Again your logs should show why the files were not processed properly.

    Jeff

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