-=> MONICA NEUFELD wrote to JAMES BRADLEY <=-

 -=> JAMES BRADLEY wrote to MONICA NEUFELD <=-

 -=> MONICA NEUFELD wrote to JAMES BRADLEY <=-

 -=> JAMES BRADLEY wrote to ALL <=-

 JB>  I tried to sort out my compression program in version 0.38 of the
 JB> Win32 version of the program to no success. I tried to drop the 'j' and
 JB> 'L' options as suggested in the FAQ, but still received the warning
 JB> screen. Any ideas?

 MN> Maybe the older version is not compatible with your machine.  Have you
 MN> tried downloading v0.46?

My next step... I lost my gratis I-Net account, so I have to drag my (not so
healthy) carcass to friends'connections for updates.

 [...]
 JB> ...As I read. I do RTFM somtimes. 

 MN> Funny!

Only after it doesn't work out-of-the-gate, do I bother.

 MN> Your configuration file should look something like this:
 MN> c:\MultiMail directory\pkunzip -# -o
 MN> c:\MultiMail directory\pkzip -#

 [...]
 JB> PS: It still didn't work. "Bad packet(/file)" orsome such
was displayed
 JB> in the bottom corner of MM, and then it returned the same error message
 JB> as before. (The #1 entry in theFAQ.) I had tried '-oq' prior to asking
 JB> with the same results. My pk(un)zip executables are in my PATH, and
 JB> this DOS version ofMM works on thesame packets that the 32-bit version
 JB> coughs on. I'm running on W98, and the BBS uses Mystic and a QWK door.
 JB> (Sheesh... I'm not so bashfull about posting publicly *now*. ;-)

 MN> I had the same troubles when I first started working with MultiMail.
 MN> What's the name of the directory that you installed MultiMail?

H:\mm

I'm used to partitioning the bejeabers outa my HDs. 

As I said, the PK programs are on my PATH, and to my knowledge, mmail.rc is
identical on the DOS and Win32 directories, except where the 'H:\mm' and the
'H:\mmdos' comes into play.  I think I'll try ... No, swapping the two
wouldn't do anything...

 MN> ... Mickey / Monica Neufeld
 MN> --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.46

... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
--- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.38

--- Mystic BBS v1.07.3 (DOS)