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  • messages disappearing after midnight

    From Morningstarr@VERT/HOBBYSPC to All on Sat Apr 4 00:53:35 2026
    I started a small qwk network, and since, his board started to send and download reply packets the messages on my side are disappearing. I have googled, and went through the documentation, and can't come up with a solution.
    I have looked through my scfg setup and do not see a reason why they would be removed every day. After a week of trying to figure out how to fix it, I decided, I would see if anyone knew what could be causing this.

    ...Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Morningstarr on Sat Apr 4 13:35:01 2026
    Re: messages disappearing after midnight
    By: Morningstarr to All on Sat Apr 04 2026 12:53 am

    I started a small qwk network, and since, his board started to send and download reply packets the messages on my side are disappearing. I have googled, and went through the documentation, and can't come up with a solution. I have looked through my scfg setup and do not see a reason why they would be removed every day. After a week of trying to figure out how to fix it, I decided, I would see if anyone knew what could be causing this.

    Are you running message base maitenance daily? Do you have a "Maximum Message" or "Purge by Age" set for the sub-boards in SCFG?

    Screen shots from SCFG or "smbutil s data/subs/<subcode>" would be useful to help determine possible cause.
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