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echo: locsysop
to: Paul Edwards
from: John Tserkezis
date: 1996-12-04 22:45:20
subject: bad archive

PE> Only out of my path, so I'm attaching that.  BFN.  Paul.
 
 JT> I've just tried it, and it decompresses correctly.  

 PE> Not on the packet you sent me though.
 
 S**t, you're right.  It is compressed with the native PAK compression type,
not the ARC compatible version.  I've checked my tosser, and it seems to be
still set up correctly though.

 JT> I have been sending ARC
 JT> packets for a while now, when did you notice the problem?

 PE> The one I sent you was the first time.  I noticed that file when I was
 PE> clearing out my inbound I think. 

 The only change I've made to the tosser around that time was I've added a
couple of areas.

 PE> P.S. I wonder how many calls I made to your system last night? 
 
 JT> Count them ... :-)   (48)

 PE> Yegads!  And all because I was desperately after your files list and
 PE> your system wasn't set up correctly and I was hoping that you would
 PE> notice the failures and do something about it!

 Er, yes, I noticed it around 2:00am after I woke, and checked my logs to
find the devil had been at it.  I fixed it after that.  Oops, sorry... :-(

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

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