Letterrip 4.0 definitely does ignore .ds_Store files in 4.0. Jud
> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:45:25 -0400> Subject: Re: Letterrip 4.06 problem> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> > All,> > I > know that this reply to this question is old, but I wanted to give some> > insight that might shed a little light on the que thing. I am running 3.07> > in classic on an emac that is also running 10.4. I had upgraded to the 4.0> > release version back some times ago, but I had some issues with QuickDNS and> > my internal network and figured just as easy to go back to 3.07. My 3.07> > server had crashed although very rarely in the past and old messages that> > might have been months old were resent to the lists that they were> > originally sent to. I had also determined that a majority of the crashes> > were due to the .DS_Store files that OS X littered in the folders that would> > be the result of browsing in the classic side of things from and OS X based> > computer on the network. Letterrip does not like the .ds_Store files to be> > in the lists folders. My solution has been to connect to the computer and> > use Sherlock to find invisible files and move them to the trash. I love this> > product and realize that the solution is move back up to latest release, but> > I wanted to find out if there was a specific resolution to this .DS_Store,> > and Que problems in the new releases since the initial 4.0 release. What I> > was looking for is if the leterrip server is restarted due to crash, or> > plain old shutdown that there is some kind of purge that occurs to clear out> > from the que old messages, and letterip to ignore the .DS_Store files.> > > Thanks ahead for any response,> > > Brian K. Spahr> Network/IT Manager> SSPC> > 40 24th St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222> (412) 281-2331 x2220> fax (412) 281-9992> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sspc.org> SSPC: The Society for Protective > Coatings, Promoting Coatings. Providing> Knowledge. > Visit > http://www.sspc.org for more information on SSPC.> > > > > From: "Rev. Eric > J. Stefanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Reply-To: LetterRip Discussion > <[email protected]>> > Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 09:12:53 > -0500> > To: LetterRip Discussion <[email protected]>> > > Subject: Re: Letterrip 4.06 problem> > > > Jud sent me a version of the > server that *is* flushing the queue for> > me, though the data file is still > at 3,173,840 bytes. Nobody has> > complained about missing posts or > four-day-old posts in the> > week-and-a-half or so I've been using it...so, > yeah, I'd say it's> > fixed; whether Jud is releasing this version or doing > something more to> > it first, I don't know.> > > > Once again, as a user of > LR for about a decade, I am ever-thankful for> > the support we have > continually received for this DIRT CHEAP software> > (total cost has been > less than $20/yr for me!). I sure wish Jud would> > also have taken over > WriteNow!> > > > On May 20, 2006, at 7:01 AM, John May wrote:> > > >> Any > news on a fix for this? Thanks!> >> > >> - John> >> > >> > >>> I believe that > I found a fix for the problem.> >>> > >>> The queue data file only shrinks > when its compacted. I believe the> >>> threshold for compacting is 5mb. I'll > check when I get back home.> >>> > >>> Rev. Eric J. Stefanski wrote:> >>>> > > >>>> On Apr 28, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Jud Spencer wrote:> >>>> > >>>>> There is > definitely one or more bugs that are preventing the files> >>>>> from being > deleted. I haven't confirmed what exactly the effect of> >>>>> this is and I > haven't quite figured out why it is happening.> >>>> > >>>> Would it be of > help to you if I were to send you my queue index file> >>>> from various > times (e.g., after running for a day, then, say, after> >>>> restarting the > server and, maybe, an hour or two later)?> >>>> > >>>> BTW, should the queue > always be exactly the same size? 3,173,840> >>>> bytes, in my case? Since it > contains changing data, that seems a> >>>> little strange to me, but it > always is that size.> > > > > ________________________________________________________________________> > > The Rev. Eric J. Stefanski> > Holy Trinity Ev.-Luth. Church (Unaltered > Augsburg Confession)> > P.O. 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