SR>> I get the odd message from HPT systems in echos and FE says the
 SR>> message is too big to process. Is there anyway around this

 ml> what OS? ;)

 SR> I am using Winders Vista :) Thanks for any help that you can bring
 SR> to bear 

there is a buffer setting in FE that can be adjusted... i know the OS/2
flavor has the largest available buffer but i'm not sure what it is... the
DOS flavor has the smallest buffer... if there's a windows flavor, it
should be in the middle or as much as the OS/2 flavor...


 FESetup   System   Data   Export   Import
ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
±±±±±±±±±±³ Network addresses      ³±±±±±±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³ User names             ³±±±±±±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³ Miscellaneous          ³±±±±±±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³ Pathnames              ³±±±±±±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Parameters ¸±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Dupe records        262000 ³±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Maximum open .QQQs       0 ³±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Message buffer size    512 ³±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Minimum inbound .PKTs    0 ³±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Maximum .PKT size      200 ³up 1.46
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Max. # Msgs per .PKT     0 ³±±±±±±±±
± Copyrigh³³ Maximum ARCmail size   600 ³urchhard
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Compress mail after      0 ³±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±³³ Compress mail free    4096 ³±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±Ô³ Ignore old semaphores    3 ³±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±±ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;±±±±±±±±
±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±

the above is from the OS/2 flavor's setup program screen...

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