I have a perl script that creates areafix and filefix messages and then
sends them, however I don't see them going out. There's nothing logged in sbbsecho.log like there is when sending via the board.

jsexec postmsg.js -i/sbbs/tmp/mail.out -d -tfilefix -n316:36/1 -sxxx "-fNigel Reed" mail

mail.out simply contains something like

%LINKED
%UNLINKED

This worked a few months ago and nothing has changed with the script. Not
sure what else it could be other than a bug somewhere.

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Nelgin wrote to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion <=-

I have a perl script that creates areafix and filefix messages
and then sends them, however I don't see them going out. There's
nothing logged in sbbsecho.log like there is when sending via the
board.

jsexec postmsg.js -i/sbbs/tmp/mail.out -d -tfilefix -n316:36/1
-sxxx "-fNigel Reed" mail

mail.out simply contains something like

%LINKED
%UNLINKED

This worked a few months ago and nothing has changed with the
script. Not sure what else it could be other than a bug
somewhere.

Only thing I can see that might be it is the "/" in the netmail
address. Maybe that's being interpreted as an 'escape' or
something, might try putting that whole thing in quotes like
"-n316:36/1". Also there's no point in having the "-d" since you
are specifying a to/from/subject...



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Re: postmsg.js no longer working
By: Nelgin to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion on Sat Jan 18 2020 06:09 am

I have a perl script that creates areafix and filefix messages and then sends them, however I don't see them going out. There's nothing logged in sbbsecho.log like there is when sending via the board.

jsexec postmsg.js -i/sbbs/tmp/mail.out -d -tfilefix -n316:36/1 -sxxx "-fNigel Reed" mail

mail.out simply contains something like

%LINKED
%UNLINKED

This worked a few months ago and nothing has changed with the script. Not sure what else it could be other than a bug somewhere.

Did you look at the mail base after your script runs? What's the created message look like (assuming it gets created)?

digital man

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Gamgee wrote:

Nelgin wrote to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion <=-

I have a perl script that creates areafix and filefix messages
and then sends them, however I don't see them going out. There's
nothing logged in sbbsecho.log like there is when sending via the
board.

jsexec postmsg.js -i/sbbs/tmp/mail.out -d -tfilefix -n316:36/1
-sxxx "-fNigel Reed" mail

mail.out simply contains something like

%LINKED
%UNLINKED

This worked a few months ago and nothing has changed with the
script. Not sure what else it could be other than a bug
somewhere.

Only thing I can see that might be it is the "/" in the netmail
address. Maybe that's being interpreted as an 'escape' or
something, might try putting that whole thing in quotes like
"-n316:36/1". Also there's no point in having the "-d" since you
are specifying a to/from/subject...

Did you read down as far as the bit that said "This worked a few months ago
and nothing has changed with the script". So why would a / make any
difference all of a sudden?

Maybe on the -d but unless something changed to stop it working, then it
should still just work.

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Digital wrote:

Re: postmsg.js no longer working
By: Nelgin to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion on Sat Jan 18 2020 06:09 am

I have a perl script that creates areafix and filefix messages and then
sends them, however I don't see them going out. There's nothing logged in
sbbsecho.log like there is when sending via the board.

jsexec postmsg.js -i/sbbs/tmp/mail.out -d -tfilefix -n316:36/1 -sxxx
"-fNigel Reed" mail

mail.out simply contains something like

%LINKED
%UNLINKED

This worked a few months ago and nothing has changed with the script. Not
sure what else it could be other than a bug somewhere.

Did you look at the mail base after your script runs? What's the created message look like (assuming it gets created)?

Not sure what you want me to look at exactly, but let's go with smbutil v on the header.

index record 296
number 4019
subject "xxx"
to areafix (FidoNet: 316:36/1) #0
from "Nigel Reed" #0
when_written Sun Jan 19 03:36:48 2020 UTC-6:00
when_imported Sun Jan 19 03:36:48 2020 UTC-6:00
type 0000h
version 0121h
attr 0000h
auxattr 00000000h
netattr 00000000h
thread_id 4019
header offset 00AB20h
header length 233
calculated length 233
To "areafix"
ToExt "0"
ToNetAddr "3C 01 24 00 01 00 00 00"
ToNetType "02 00"
Subject "xxx"
Sender "Nigel Reed"
SenderExt "0"
Message-ID "<5E242330.4019@endofthelinebbs.com>"
X-FTN-PID "Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Dec 17 2019 GCC 5.4.0"
data offset 00CC00h
data field[0] TEXT_BODY, offset 0, length 9


If there's anything else you need, let me know. I did try to initiate the fidoout event but still nothing went out.

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Re: Re: postmsg.js no longer working
By: Nelgin to Digital Man on Sun Jan 19 2020 03:41 am

Digital wrote:

Re: postmsg.js no longer working
By: Nelgin to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion on Sat Jan 18 2020 06:09 am

I have a perl script that creates areafix and filefix messages and then
sends them, however I don't see them going out. There's nothing logged in
sbbsecho.log like there is when sending via the board.

jsexec postmsg.js -i/sbbs/tmp/mail.out -d -tfilefix -n316:36/1 -sxxx
"-fNigel Reed" mail

mail.out simply contains something like

%LINKED
%UNLINKED

This worked a few months ago and nothing has changed with the script. Not
sure what else it could be other than a bug somewhere.

Did you look at the mail base after your script runs? What's the created message look like (assuming it gets created)?

Not sure what you want me to look at exactly, but let's go with smbutil v on the header.

index record 296
number 4019
subject "xxx"
to areafix (FidoNet: 316:36/1) #0
from "Nigel Reed" #0
when_written Sun Jan 19 03:36:48 2020 UTC-6:00
when_imported Sun Jan 19 03:36:48 2020 UTC-6:00
type 0000h
version 0121h
attr 0000h
auxattr 00000000h
netattr 00000000h
thread_id 4019
header offset 00AB20h
header length 233
calculated length 233
To "areafix"
ToExt "0"
ToNetAddr "3C 01 24 00 01 00 00 00"
ToNetType "02 00"
Subject "xxx"
Sender "Nigel Reed"
SenderExt "0"
Message-ID "<5E242330.4019@endofthelinebbs.com>"
X-FTN-PID "Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Dec 17 2019 GCC 5.4.0"
data offset 00CC00h
data field[0] TEXT_BODY, offset 0, length 9

If there's anything else you need, let me know. I did try to initiate the fidoout event but still nothing went out.

Run sbbsecho manually, from a command prompt, and look for an output line that contains:
"NetMail msg #4019 from ..."

This line should be printed after "Exporting Outbound NetMail from"

These lines are not written to sbbsecho.log

Anyway, the output from sbbsecho should explain why that message has not been exported.

digital man

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Digital wrote:

Run sbbsecho manually, from a command prompt, and look for an output line that contains:
"NetMail msg #4019 from ..."

This line should be printed after "Exporting Outbound NetMail from"

These lines are not written to sbbsecho.log

Anyway, the output from sbbsecho should explain why that message has not been exported.

bbs@bbs:/sbbs/exec$ sbbsecho -ni|grep 4019
bbs@bbs:/sbbs/exec$

Nope.
Also just ran sbbsecho with no options. Nothing about 4019.

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Re: Re: postmsg.js no longer working
By: Nelgin to Digital Man on Sun Jan 19 2020 19:09:16

This line should be printed after "Exporting Outbound NetMail from"

These lines are not written to sbbsecho.log

Anyway, the output from sbbsecho should explain why that message has not been exported.

bbs@bbs:/sbbs/exec$ sbbsecho -ni | grep 4019

NOTE: breaking the accidental pipe color code in the above line for readability...

Nope.
Also just ran sbbsecho with no options. Nothing about 4019.

errrmmm... the next free message number may not be 4019... perhaps you should grep for "Exporting Outbound NetMail" and see what turns up?

sbbsecho -ni | egrep -e "Exporting Outbound NetMail "


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Re: Re: postmsg.js no longer working
By: Nelgin to Digital Man on Sun Jan 19 2020 07:09 pm

Digital wrote:

Run sbbsecho manually, from a command prompt, and look for an output line that contains:
"NetMail msg #4019 from ..."

This line should be printed after "Exporting Outbound NetMail from"

These lines are not written to sbbsecho.log

Anyway, the output from sbbsecho should explain why that message has not been exported.

bbs@bbs:/sbbs/exec$ sbbsecho -ni|grep 4019
bbs@bbs:/sbbs/exec$

Nope.
Also just ran sbbsecho with no options. Nothing about 4019.

Was the string "Exporting Outbound NetMail" present in the output?

What is the output from the following smbutil command?

$ smbutil x4019 -1 /sbbs/data/mail

Does chksmb report any issue with your mail base?

digital man

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Nelgin wrote:

I have a perl script that creates areafix and filefix messages and then sends them, however I don't see them going out. There's nothing logged in sbbsecho.log like there is when sending via the board.

jsexec postmsg.js -i/sbbs/tmp/mail.out -d -tfilefix -n316:36/1 -sxxx "-fNigel Reed" mail

mail.out simply contains something like

%LINKED
%UNLINKED

This worked a few months ago and nothing has changed with the script. Not sure what else it could be other than a bug somewhere.

For anyone following along, this is resolved. As I said, I didn't change anything and wasted a lot of time trying to figure this out.

I reverted back to version 1.3 of postmsg.js (which I probably should have
done sooner) and everything worked as it should. It was broken by a change
in September, I think it was. Anyone using postmsg.js since then will
probably find none of their messages went out and no record of them ever
being created.

DM put in a fix and I can report it's working again.

Moral of this story - If you upgrade, regression test everything because you may not find out for a few months that something is broken.

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