Subj : Messages too long?

Subj : Messages too long?
To : Peter Knapper
From : Jerry Schwartz
Date : Wed Feb 08 2006 06:23 pm

Hello, Peter...

Feb 07, 2006 at 19:54, Peter Knapper wrote to Jerry Schwartz:

PK>> Are you using SQUISH or SQ386?

JS>> SQ386 in a .BAT file under Windows XP. I haven't tried
JS>> changing the file to a .CMD file, but I doubt that
JS>> would do it.

PK> No, that should be fine then. Do you know what size the messages are
PK> that are being trapped? About the only thing I can think of causing
PK> this are messages larger than 64KB, but its unusual that no-one else
PK> is mentioning them.

PK> About the only other thing I can think of is that something is
PK> corrupt. Possibly the executable, or a Message base, or perhaps the
PK> packet itself. Does something like INSPECTA complain about the packet
PK> or its contents?

I have never used INSPECTA. So far as I can tell, Squish simply skips the
oversized message and tosses the rest of the package. It doesn't bark about
anything other than to say

# 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH Tossing/scanning msgs from . (secure)
* 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH 43e82a7e.Pkt, 02/06/06, 23:05:01, by ff 1.04
- 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH Orig=1:106/1.0, Dest=1:142/928.0, Type=2+
! 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH Msg too long to toss: skipping to next msg.
! 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH Packet contains long msg: renamed to .\43e82a7e.LNG
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH BATPOWER (Toss=0001 Sent=0001)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH COFFEE_KLATSCH (Toss=0002 Sent=0008)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH MBSE (Toss=0002 Sent=0006)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH MENSA (Toss=0001 Sent=0001)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH POL_INC (Toss=0003 Sent=0006)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH STATS (Toss=0002 Sent=0004)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH WIN95 (Toss=0001 Sent=0001)

Regards,

Jerry Schwartz

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