Subj : Packet splitter
To : Marc Lewis
From : Steve Quarrella
Date : Sat Jan 27 2001 02:09 pm
SQ>> In any event, problem long since solved by putting the machine on
SQ>> the LAN and copying the file to where my point software could get
SQ>> it. <g> Thanks!
ML> Good show!
And thus, you suddenly see your ol' RC responding to mail going back a month.
:-)
ML> I use it heavily on the inbound packets from the NewsGate program,
ML> some of which get up into the multiple megs in size. The Y2k date
ML> correction program (PKTDATE.EXE) barfs on packets over ~150
ML> messages, so I split everything down smaller than that.
Great minds think alike, as I also use that here. I've got a system in Net 393
who's using software that generates bad dates, and he participates in Fidonet
thanks to that program.
ML> ::Later:: Pktsort will indeed split messages and unsplit them as
ML> well.
Messages, yes, but I don't think it will take an archive of PKTs and split them
into smaller chunks.
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* Origin: Where'd you get the gun, John? (1:393/9005)
