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to: Bill Gordon
from: Douglas Connor
date: 2004-08-05 16:53:20
subject: Message too long

Hello Bill.

05 Aug 04 16:13, you wrote to Paul Quinn:

 >> I have mine set to 512(k) even though I've been running FE with
 >> some form of Windows over the last 10 years.  I just shelled out
 >> from FeSetup in a Win95 DOS-box and DOS shows 594k free, so that
 >> may be the clue.  :) Can't remember any problems with message
 >> size.[shrug]

 >> Also check your FeSetup-->'Advanced options'-->'Toss buffers'
 >> setting. It may not have any bearing on the problem, but should be
 >> on "Large".


 BG> I changed my buffer to 512k (as big as it will allow), but still
 BG> getting the same amount of bad files (message too big).
I bet in the stats echo or the linux mailing list echos?

 BG> True, the messages are HUGE, but I have no actual way to see HOW
 BG> huge.
hey send the offending message to a file from your editor?
then look at the size.

 BG> I guess that's the best I can do, huh??
I could only get 64k out of the dpmi and dos versions:(
Thats when I went looking elsewhere.

Douglas

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