Re: SIMS & WebCat .... Alias Folder
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 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 Center175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.netPhilippines http://www.webdna.net----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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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 Center175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.netPhilippines 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/
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