Really weird, and I have no idea why. There's a backlog of about 3 weeks
worth of files in my echomail directory. The log is showing:

+ Dec 17 09:10:42 Results: Auto-create prefix path does not exist in 0.00s
! Dec 17 09:10:42 Status: FATAL
+ Dec 17 09:10:42 Process: Importing EchoMail
+ Dec 17 09:10:42 Waiting for BUSY nodes
- Dec 17 09:10:49 LINKS:
- Dec 17 09:10:49 Node 1 1:123/500@fidonet
- Dec 17 09:10:49 Node 2 46:1/100@agoranet
- Dec 17 09:10:49 Node 4 44:100/0@dorenet
- Dec 17 09:10:49 Node 5 911:1423/0@zeronet
- Dec 17 09:10:49 Node 6 42:1/1@SFnet
- Dec 17 09:10:49 Node 7 21:1/100@fsxNet
- Dec 17 09:10:49 Node 9 169:1/107@battlnet
! Dec 17 09:10:49 Import from c:\mystic\echomail\in\
! Dec 17 09:10:49 Unknown inbound file sbbs-toss.KEN.txt
! Dec 17 09:10:49 Unknown inbound file SAMPLE-BBS.cfg
! Dec 17 09:10:49 Unknown inbound file SFarea.txt

etc. I haven't changed anything in my mutil file, so I have no clue what's up.

Mutil file for TIC processing looks like this (comments stripped for this
post, some stuff not posted for brevity):


bad_dir=c:\!files\badfile
unsecure_dir = true
no_desc=No Description
uploader=Mystic TIC
check_crc = true
check_size = true
allow_unsecure = true
allow_replace = true
auto_create = true

21:1/100_bad_dir = c:\!files\badfile\
21:1/100_dir_prefix = c:\!files\fsx_
21:1/100_allow_replace = true
21:1/100_acs_list = z3
21:1/100_acs_ftp = s255
21:1/100_acs_download = s255
21:1/100_acs_upload = s255
21:1/100_acs_comment = s50
21:1/100_acs_sysop = s255

So, no idea what's up.

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On 12/17/16, maskreet said the following...

Really weird, and I have no idea why. There's a backlog of about 3 weeks worth of files in my echomail directory. The log is showing:
+ Dec 17 09:10:42 Waiting for BUSY nodes
- Dec 17 09:10:49 LINKS:

try fidopoll killbusy and that will remove the .bsy and it should toss

|08 .|05ú|13ù|15Dr|07e|08am Ma|07st|15er|13ù|05ú|08.
|08 øù|05ú|13ùø |13øù|05ú|08ùø
|11 DoRE|03!|11ACiDiC|03!|11Demonic |08[|15dreamland|09.|15darktech|09.|15org|08]

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On 12/17/16, dream master said the following...

try fidopoll killbusy and that will remove the .bsy and it should toss

Yeah, I didn't mean to share that part. That was just me running mutil when
it was already running automatically. Disregard. =)

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On 12/17/16, maskreet pondered and said...

Really weird, and I have no idea why. There's a backlog of about 3 weeks worth of files in my echomail directory. The log is showing:

+ Dec 17 09:10:42 Results: Auto-create prefix path does not exist in 0.00s ! Dec 17 09:10:42 Status: FATAL

OK the above tells me the main reason is the your auto create prefix path
does not exist and therefore the rest of the process fails

21:1/100_bad_dir = c:\!files\badfile\
21:1/100_dir_prefix = c:\!files\fsx_

Are you sure you want to have and '!' in your path? I would remove that.

21:1/100_allow_replace = true
21:1/100_acs_list = z3
21:1/100_acs_ftp = s255
21:1/100_acs_download = s255
21:1/100_acs_upload = s255
21:1/100_acs_comment = s50
21:1/100_acs_sysop = s255

Consider adding a z ACS string to some of the other lines above :)

Best, Paul

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On 12/18/16, Avon said the following...

On 12/17/16, maskreet pondered and said...

Really weird, and I have no idea why. There's a backlog of about 3 w worth of files in my echomail directory. The log is showing:

+ Dec 17 09:10:42 Results: Auto-create prefix path does not exist in 0.00s ! Dec 17 09:10:42 Status: FATAL

OK the above tells me the main reason is the your auto create prefix path does not exist and therefore the rest of the process fails

That's the weird part. I haven't changed anything at all with regards to any
of that in probably a year.

21:1/100_bad_dir = c:\!files\badfile\
21:1/100_dir_prefix = c:\!files\fsx_

Are you sure you want to have and '!' in your path? I would remove that.

Same thing. Have had the ! as a prefix on that directory for over 2 years, no issues until the last few weeks.

21:1/100_allow_replace = true
21:1/100_acs_list = z3
21:1/100_acs_ftp = s255
21:1/100_acs_download = s255
21:1/100_acs_upload = s255
21:1/100_acs_comment = s50
21:1/100_acs_sysop = s255

Consider adding a z ACS string to some of the other lines above :)

I actually have it set that way to review everything first; I change the
access levels afterwards if it's not something screwy.

Still stumped, however.

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On 12/17/16, maskreet pondered and said...

OK the above tells me the main reason is the your auto create prefix does not exist and therefore the rest of the process fails

That's the weird part. I haven't changed anything at all with regards to any of that in probably a year.

In your [FileToss] stanza do you have something like

dir_prefix = c:\mystic\files\

As it would seem from the error you're missing a line like that.

Feel free to filebox or email me your mailin.ini and I can check it for you
if you want :)

Best, Paul

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