JG> I even tried sticking the file in a message packet once :-)

JG> As the message packet is just a zip file I added it to the
JG> message file in

JG> the normal manner eg 'zip -u 00000000.mo0  kwq12i.exe'. It added
JG> in without a hitch. The transfer died with the usual message.

PE> Then there is virtually no doubt.  Your modem can't handle
PE> the data rate, because you haven't enabled RTS/CTS on your
PE> comms program (actually OS/2 with the mode statement), your
PE> RS232 cable, and your modem itself.

Trouble with that theory is that it should also affect an uploaded
mail packet of above that size.

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