Subj : New Program
To : Avon
From : Black Panther
Date : Sun Oct 24 2021 09:07 pm
Hello Avon!
25 Oct 21 15:40, you wrote to me:
Av> On 24 Oct 2021 at 11:33a, Black Panther pondered and said...
BP>> Hello All!
Av> Hey stranger. :)
They don't get too much stranger than me. ;)
Av> Yes Deon and I are using scripts that shipped with the Husky project
Av> (I think that's where they came from?) to do something similar. I find
Av> it a bit of a pain as I need to create symbolic links for fileboxes I
Av> create in order to accommodate the code I'm running. It wants to see
Av> fileboxes in a certain way only. A bit like my passion for rum and
Av> raisin ice cream - forget that strawberry stuff :)
I was going to use that one, but I have everything, including the echomail, being placed into fileboxes. That script didn't work with 'filebox always' set. So, I had to come up with my own iteration of it. ;)
At the time I was setting up husky, I thought it would be good to be able to see everything in the nodes directory, instead of all the echomail sitting in the same outbound. It made it difficult to see what belonged to which node.
Av> I'm using the reports I can generate for the same reasons as is Deon.
Av> I'm not sure I'd start giving warnings at 89 days, probably (ideally)
Av> it would be at 35 and remove around 45 days, that's six weeks.
That's just a number I was using for testing purposes. The way this one is set up right now, is start warning at 30 days, next warning at 60, and removal at 90. Once I know everything is working correctly, I'll adjust those numbers.
Av> That said, I can be slack and let some nodes drift out much longer or
Av> nodes can get in touch and ask to not be removed while they work on
Av> getting something broken fixed again etc...
Agreed. I had thought about automating the removal process within this program, but figured it would be better to do it manually, in those cases where a node has indicated they would be down for a period of time.
Av> In an ideal world we'd all agree some key numbers for warning, final
Av> warning, removal ...
I'm thinking 30 days for email notification, another attempt made at 45, and removal at 60. Again, if there is notification given, those dates would be flexible.
