Subj : dosxnt
To   : Paul Williams
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Wed Sep 18 2002 07:19 am

Hi Paul.

 PW> JB>with a little tweaking it could be fixed to deal with the long
 PW> messaes in JB>a series of chunks, or even a single chunk and then
 PW> and then remainder JB>(that's just copied a character at a time
 PW> from file to the other....)

 PW> Wouldn't that mess up w/ the crc calculations for the msgid
 PW> though. As I understand it, the msgid value is based on not only
 PW> the header info but the msg content as well.

AFAAIK as long as it doesn't repeat more often than once every three
(I think) years it can be any value at all.

MSGID numbers should be generated at the originatingsystem


 PW> JB>That way there's be no limit message size other file size
 PW> limits and disk JB>space

 PW> And once you have fully functional code the whole thing can be
 PW> converted over to assembly for a speed boost and shrinking in
 PW> size. ];> (gotta drag it ontopic *somehow*) <G>

I've statred hacking at it, I'm maybe 1/2 way to something testable.

 -=> Bye <=-

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