open
https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/work_items/1301
```
2026-10-24 16:53:44 Tom Moore (1:135/205) To: areafix (1:124/5016) Attr: 0081 (PRIVATE, KILLSENT)
2026-10-24 16:53:44 AreaMgr (for 1:135/205) Request received from Tom Moore 2026-10-24 16:53:44 AreaMgr (for 1:135/205) Received command: RESCAN
2026-10-24 16:53:44 AreaMgr (for 1:135/205) Rescanning all areas
```
It started working...
```
2026-10-24 16:53:44 Exporting fido_10th_amd message #1 from Carol Shenkenberger to Barry Davis in area: 10TH_AMD
2026-10-24 16:53:44 Creating outbound packet from 1:124/5016 to 1:135/205: /home/bbs/sbbs/temp/sbbsecho/6add28e8.pkt
2026-10-24 16:53:44 New packet (type 2+) created for linked-node: 1:135/205 2026-10-24 16:53:44 Adding 10TH_AMD message from Carol Shenkenberger (1:124/5016) to packet for 1:135/205: /home/bbs/sbbs/temp/sbbsecho/6add28e8.pkt
2026-10-24 16:53:44 Added 10TH_AMD message from Carol Shenkenberger (1:124/5016) to packets for 1 links (exceptions: none)
```
and it went on and on and on for about 20 hours until
```
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Exporting fido_debate message #453 from TIM RICHARDSON to BOB KLAHN in area: DEBATE
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Appending outbound packet from 1:124/5016 to 1:135/205: /home/bbs/sbbs/temp/sbbsecho/6ade90b0.pkt
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Adding DEBATE message from TIM RICHARDSON (1:124/5016) to packet for 1:135/205: /home/bbs/sbbs/temp/sbbsecho/6ade90b0.pkt
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Added DEBATE message from TIM RICHARDSON (1:124/5016) to packets for 1 links (exceptions: none)
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Exporting fido_debate message #454 from TIM RICHARDSON to BOB KLAHN in area: DEBATE
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Appending outbound packet from 1:124/5016 to 1:135/205: /home/bbs/sbbs/temp/sbbsecho/6ade90b0.pkt
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Adding DEBATE message from TIM RICHARDSON (1:124/5016) to packet for 1:135/205: /home/bbs/sbbs/temp/sbbsecho/6ade90b0.pkt
2026-10-25 11:44:11 Added DEBATE message from TIM RICHARDSON (1:124/5016) to packets for 1 links (exceptions: none)
2026-10-25 11:45:47 !Insufficient free disk space (2990080K < 3145728K bytes) in /sbbs/data/
2026-10-25 11:45:47 SBBSecho (PID 3862303) exiting with error level 1
```
Then it spat a few more out until it completely ran out of disk space to even write a log.
Suggested fix:
1. Send the packet as soon as it is complete so there will be no disk overhead with a rescan.
2. Wait for X number of packets or X number of B/MB/KB/GB as defined by the sysop to accumulate before sending the packets.
Thanks.
--- SBBSecho 3.38-Linux
* Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)