Brian, the failed download of a new pattern file should not be able to cause the NoXMail app to stop working. Maybe if the file did not overwrite during the download but rather downloaded with a different name and waited until the pattern file was completely downloaded before renaming and overwriting the old pattern file. Maybe even do what the sniffer app does and rename the old pattern file with a .old extension. That way you always have at least the most recent previous pattern file available in case something is wrong with the latest one.
Just a suggestion... Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brian Milburn Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NoXMail] URGENT, Can not load pattern file. Hi John, No-X-Mail waits for 5 seconds if a pattern file update is in progress. The *.pa_ are temporary files that, if they exist, indicate a pattern file transfer is in progress. If the 5 seconds go by and the update was NOT completed, then the program aborts. This was what I had to do to fix the 100% CPU problem. The pattern file update program uses the HTTP protocol to retrieve the files from our server. On occasion, I have seen situations where for one reason or another, the file transfer goes at an extremely slow rate. Fast enough so it doesn't trigger a timeout, but a small file can take many minutes to download. This may have nothing at all to do with any of the No-X-Mail programs. It may have been a bottleneck somewhere at a single point in time, it may have been our server, it could have been any number of things. One thing I would suggest is to set the scheduled task to terminate if it runs longer than 2 minutes. Brian --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Solid Oak Software] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/nox-list%40mail.noxmail.com/ Removal address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
