TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: tub
to: Doug Vogt
from: Jerry Schwartz
date: 1996-08-07 21:42:38
subject: Large packets

On Aug 03 07:18 96, Doug Vogt of 1:2605/638 wrote to All:

DV>      I'm running OS/2 and bring Binkley up right away while processing mail 
DV> in another window. Normally this doesn't cause problems. Last night I got 
DV> 5.5 megs of mail and it took 28 minutes to process. A downlink called 
DV> during the mail processing and so Squish couldn't add to his file. Instead 
DV> of the usual 100-300K packet size (Max messages=100), Squish created a 
DV> packet over 3 megs which broke the other (MAC) mail processor. Is there any 
DV> workaround to this problem except keeping the mailer down until processing 
DV> is complete? I use the same time to call several other systems for files.

Well, you could play some funny games with moving the unfinished packets
around and then archiving them yourself, but my choice would be to put up
with 28 minutes of downtime a day.  That's what I do here, more from
laziness than anything else.

Jerry Schwartz
@EOT:

--- MsgedSQB 3.30.01
* Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928)
SEEN-BY: 13/13 37/100 50/99 90/90 102/735 103/2 104/821 105/103 330 107/411
SEEN-BY: 119/88 129/11 138/146 147/135 153/800 920 157/586 161/55 167/90
SEEN-BY: 200/204 201/505 203/992 204/200 209/720 233/7 234/100 245/6910
SEEN-BY: 249/99 100 104 106 112 125 139 200 201 254/1 260/10 801 261/1137
SEEN-BY: 267/200 270/101 102 103 104 211 273/909 278/304 280/1 801 282/1
SEEN-BY: 283/121 657 292/876 320/119 321/1 332/1 341/70 344/3 346/25 348/105
SEEN-BY: 355/2 362/37 369/110 385/100 387/31 396/1 600/253 348 641 620/243
SEEN-BY: 623/630 625/100 626/660 632/348 640/205 206 230 297 305 702 820 821
SEEN-BY: 640/822 823 649/312 690/660 700/101 711/409 413 430 808 809 934 949
SEEN-BY: 711/955 712/515 713/888 714/906 724/10 750/2 800/1 2250/50 2430/1423
SEEN-BY: 2433/225 2604/104 2613/5 2615/20 2624/306 3401/308 3412/1 3550/500
SEEN-BY: 3615/7 50 3619/25 3637/1 3805/3 7104/2 7107/9
@PATH: 142/928 1 3615/50 396/1 270/101 249/100 99 106 640/206 820 711/409
@PATH: 711/808 934

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.