Subj : Mail packet won't download
To   : Larry Roberts
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jul 15 2002 01:31 pm

  Re: Mail packet won't download
  By: Larry Roberts to Digital Man on Mon Jul 15 2002 04:16 am

 >  >  >     Is there something wrong with the QWK mail program. When I try to 
 >  >  > it, it either craps out halfway through, or doesn't download at all.
 >  >
 >  > Zmodem is not a good protocol to use over TCP/IP. Try using FTP instead
 >  > (ftp://vert.synchro.net), or Ymodem (slow), or possibly another telnet cl
 >  > The "QWK mail program" (i.e. Synchronet) is not the problem.
 > 
 >     I tried Y-Modem, a different terminal program, and tried ftp. It just wo
 > download. FTP is worse than Z-modem. At least Z-Modem gets some of the packe
 > I thought maybe the connection is the problem, but I tried 3 different ISPs.
 > DSL, my dialup ISP, and my brother's cable ISP. Neither had any problems
 > logging into the BBS, or reaching the web page, but neither had any better l
 > getting the packet. Can anyone else download from the BBS, or FTP ok?

I get literally hundreds of successful downloads from here each day (mostly via
FTP).

                                                 digital man

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