EPURMESS.INI

This file is located in the ../etc/ax25/fbb directory.
This is the file that controls the lifetime of messages.
EPURMESS will be executed daily at the cleanup time specified in fbb.conf


Save "killed" messages in the OLDMAIL directory?
Two values Private Bulletins. Enter 1 or 0 for each.

# Pri Bull (0=kill 1=archive in oldmail)
   0   0
 #

Values (in days) for the lifetimes of bulletins and personal messages.

 P=Personal message
 B=Bulletin
 N=Not read
 Y=Had been read
 F=Forwarded (forwarded to all BBSs that should receive this msg)
 X=Expired (still readable, but will not be forwarded to other BBSs)
 K=Killed (readable only by sysop)
 A=Archived (same as killed, but will be deleted at once, or moved to
   OLDMAIL)

 #
 #
 # Lifetime for Personal Messages :
 #
 # PN -> PX (days after written)
    30
 #
 # PY -> PX (days after changed to Y)
    7
 #
 # PF -> PK (days after changed to F)
    7
 #
 # PX -> PK (days after changed to X)
    0
 #
 # PK -> PA (days after changed to K)
    0
 #
 # PARAMETRES FOR BULLETINS
 #
 # BN -> BX (days after  written)
    7
 #
 # B$ -> BX (days after written)
    7
 #
 # BY -> BX (days after changed to Y)
    7
 #
 # BX -> BK (days after changed to X)
    14
 #
 # BF -> BX (days after written)
    14
 #
 # BK -> BA (days after changed to K)
    0
 #
#
# Automatic generated return-messages for non-forwarded messages.
# Each line may be max 255 characters long.  Disable with a 0.
#
# Timeout for valid forward-path 
# days  text ends with $W
  21  This message could not be forwarded, due to bad link.$W
#
# Unknown routing or wrong H-address (number of days + text, end with $W)
# days  text ends with $W
   2 This message could not be forwarded, due to bad callsign or bad route.$W
#
# Max number of lines in a returned message:
  10
#
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At the end of the file, you can have special lifetimes for special messages.
In the example below, messages that are
	@VEST will be 365 days.
	@LA will be 365 days.
	TO LA6CU will be 365 days old,
	FROM system will be 0 days

# List of lifetime-tests
#
# To/From/@ Call   Days
@  VEST   365
@  LA     365
>  LA6CU  365
< system 0
#
# (End of epurmess.ini)