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echo: locsysop
to: Keith Richardson
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1995-06-08 21:55:50
subject: yak2.lzh

PE> I have deleted yak2 because I already had it, but next time anyone
PE> sends me a file, could you send the file BEFORE the TIC file, so
PE> that if the transmission aborts, I'm not left with a TIC file with
PE> no attachment?  That's what happened, and the TIC file gets renamed
PE> to BAD and not processed.  Perhaps most people don't have the
PE> ability to specify the order in which files are sent, in which case,
PE> STOP HANGING UP!!!  :-)  BFN.  Paul.

KR> perhaps you should fix your dinosaur technology so that dupes are
KR> checked for before the transfer just like the city. the order of the

ROFL.  You've pointed off the city before have you, and he managed
to set up Binkley to avoid dupes.  Amazing stuff this guy at the
city.  Corse there's always the chance that you're getting confused
between BBS and mailer technology.  If you download MINPOS2 or whatever
it's called now, you might be a bit more familiar with it.

KR> files was never specified by you, so it seemed logical to send the tic
KR> first, there is no problem in reversing it - all you needed to do is
KR> ask.

I didn't know before, but I do now.  I was quite surprised to see
the *.BAD in my inbound.  BFN.  Paul.
@EOT:

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