RM>> i got an "Error compressing msgs" msg when trying to pack 
 RM>> browsed mail into qwk for a quick dnload. Problem with zip 
 RM>> packer?

 PE> Buggered if I know what happened!  Brenton downloaded stuff 
 PE> 2 hours before you, and I didn't touch anything.  The 
 PE> Maximus log says that the program wasn't found?!  (ie 
 PE> either "fh" or "zip".  I am sure people after
you will be 
 PE> able to download stuff as well.  Did you see how many 
 PE> messages were packed?  There is a limit of 6 meg for the 
 PE> uncompressed messages and compressed messages, and if you 
 PE> got all of Aust_AVTech, you wouldn't be able to download, I 
 PE> suspect.  Another possibility is using the browser function 
 PE> instead of the normal offline reader.  Could you try going 
 PE> to the normal offline reader, and tagging PUBLIC_DOMAIN, 
 PE> and try a download.  If that works, try doing the 
 PE> browse/qwk of another small area, e.g. BLAKES_7.  I will 
 PE> report back on the next person to log on's success.  BFN.

Everyone after you got their mail without a problem.  You also got your
mail OK this time.  Do you know what you did differently?  Can you
reproduce the old problem so that I know what to do next time it occurs? 
BFN.

Paul

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