mark lewis wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

Thom said

 TL> Sure....and then we could all discuss how some folks insist that
 TL> they are the suthority on things over which they have no control.

And then Mark said

 ml> sure... why not? well, since you seem to want to go there... tell
 ml> me/us this, why, when using netmail, did i not have the problems
 ml> that i have with email? the inputs to both are exactly the same...

 ml> ie1: netmail updates of rules files using file attaches result in
 ml> 8.3 format filenames in the database (which are correct!) but via
 ml> email, something screws up and uses longfilenames derived from who
 ml> knows where??

I don't have a rule file to play with....however:

 ml> ie2: netmail updates handle -------- dividers with no problems but
 ml> email updates choke like they've swallowed a chickenbone...

I just submitted a MOD UPD message to the robot via netmail.  I followed
your style of inserting a line that contained a series of ------ 

It looks like this:



Area : Elist In

Date : Sat Feb 10, 03:24                                           pvt rcv loc 
From : Thom LaCosta                                               1:1/21
To   : Echolist                            
Subj : moderator update                                                      
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ

TAGNAME MARKTEST
TITLE Test Submissionm
MODerator Thom LaCosta,1:261/1352
Password iusedoneasanexample
DESC This is the first line of the description
----------------------------------------------
This is the third line
---

So, the robot did EXACTLY what I've been telling you, it saw a line with 3
or more --- and used that as the end of the message.  It answered me with
the
following:



Area : Netmail Area

Date : Sat Feb 10, 03:29                                           pvt rcv loc 
From : Echolist                                                   1:1/21
To   : Thom LaCosta                                               1:1/21
Subj : Echolist reply                                                        
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ


Message received ... Echo added ...

MARKTEST            
     Test Submissionm                                                      
           This is the first line of the description             
          Status: Active  
     Origin:                                         Group:      
     Distribution:                                                        
     Gateways:                                                            
     Language:                              
     # Nodes: N/A          Volume: N/A          Rules:               
     Flags:
     Notes:                                                                
     Moderators:   Thom LaCosta, 1:261/1352
     Last changed: 10-Feb-2007 by Thom LaCosta, 1:1/21

--- Echobase 3.48

And so your statement that you can use a ---------- in netmail is simply inaccurate.

Ad now I have another problem....the MARKTEST echo is in the database. 
Should I leavve it there for six months so that it will automatically
expire, or should I manually delete it and thus compromise the database
because it has been touched by human hands?


 ml> FWIW: these are the two major problems i've tried discussing with
 ml> you and getting worked out... sadly, though, you seem to always
 ml> insist that it is my end that has the problem... i guess it is
 ml> easier to try to shovel the blame elsewhere, eh?

Your instance that you can do what you can't and that the echolist needs to
work the way you want it to work is getting real old.

Once again....the Echolist looks for a line containing a line with at least
thre --- to signify the end of the message.

I'm at a loss to explain the problem with the rules file...but if you can't
explain the MOD UPD problem correctly, perhaps you're not having a problem?


cya,
thom
http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ 
--- GEcho 1.20/Pro