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  • Option to pack SMB backups

    From Deuc¿@VERT to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Mon Oct 20 00:20:59 2025
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/993

    While I don't mind having a multi-meg empty mail.sdt file, it seems silly to have five backup empty mail files too... it would be nice if mail backups could be packed when created or something.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Jan 20 16:33:17 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/993#note_8149

    The mail base is normally self-packed, so packing doesn't usually save much in terms of disk space. That said, running a daily event that executed "smbutil -a p %zmail.0.shd" should do pack the most recent backup of the mail base.

    The reference to the empty mail.sdt file seems unrelated to packing. Maybe you want us to not bother backing up an empty mail base? That sounds like an easy feature to implement.

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