Re: SIMS & WebCat .... Alias Folder

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41824
interpreted = N
texte = >As per the SIMS docs as well as archived info on the WC Talk List, we >configured both correctly, using an alias of the Submitted Folder, renamed >correctly to replace the EMailFolder that WC uses. Works nicely without a >hitch until recently. > >When some email files are written to the aliased EMailFolder, it gets >transferred to the Submitted Folder, as it is supposed to, but then >remains there without being sent out. If one Save As those hung files >replacing the existing copy .... SIMS immediately dispatches it out. > >We did some digging into this problem and discovered that it comes down to >file size of the email file being written into the aliased EMailFolder. It >appears that anything that is under 4K dispatches without incident but those >that we have which are 8K .... Are the ones hung in the Submitted Folder. > >If we wrote the email files directly into the Submitted Folder, not using >any alias folder .... Then all is well regardless of the file size. Of >course this means that we have to use WriteFile context instead of Sendmail. There's another option no one else has mentioned yet:Try it the other way around -- by making an alias of the EMailFolder folder and renaming the alias Submitted then replace the original Submitted folder with the alias. This will let webcat write directly to a folder instead of to an alias ... and it might just resolve your problem.:) Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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>As per the SIMS docs as well as archived info on the WC Talk List, we >configured both correctly, using an alias of the Submitted Folder, renamed >correctly to replace the EMailFolder that WC uses. Works nicely without a >hitch until recently. > >When some email files are written to the aliased EMailFolder, it gets >transferred to the Submitted Folder, as it is supposed to, but then >remains there without being sent out. If one Save As those hung files >replacing the existing copy .... SIMS immediately dispatches it out. > >We did some digging into this problem and discovered that it comes down to >file size of the email file being written into the aliased EMailFolder. It >appears that anything that is under 4K dispatches without incident but those >that we have which are 8K .... Are the ones hung in the Submitted Folder. > >If we wrote the email files directly into the Submitted Folder, not using >any alias folder .... Then all is well regardless of the file size. Of >course this means that we have to use WriteFile context instead of Sendmail. There's another option no one else has mentioned yet:Try it the other way around -- by making an alias of the EMailFolder folder and renaming the alias Submitted then replace the original Submitted folder with the alias. This will let webcat write directly to a folder instead of to an alias ... and it might just resolve your problem.:) Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Kenneth Grome

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