Subj : New MM user w/no W32 joy To : Monica Neufeld From : James Bradley Date : Tue Jan 27 2004 03:22 pm -=> MONICA NEUFELD wrote to JAMES BRADLEY <=- -=> JAMES BRADLEY wrote to MONICA NEUFELD <=- -=> MONICA NEUFELD wrote to JAMES BRADLEY <=- -=> JAMES BRADLEY wrote to ALL <=- JB> I tried to sort out my compression program in version 0.38 of the JB> Win32 version of the program to no success. I tried to drop the 'j' and JB> 'L' options as suggested in the FAQ, but still received the warning JB> screen. Any ideas? MN> Maybe the older version is not compatible with your machine. Have you MN> tried downloading v0.46? My next step... I lost my gratis I-Net account, so I have to drag my (not so healthy) carcass to friends'connections for updates. [...] JB> ...As I read. I do RTFM somtimes. MN> Funny! Only after it doesn't work out-of-the-gate, do I bother. MN> Your configuration file should look something like this: MN> c:\MultiMail directory\pkunzip -# -o MN> c:\MultiMail directory\pkzip -# [...] JB> PS: It still didn't work. "Bad packet(/file)" orsome such was displayed JB> in the bottom corner of MM, and then it returned the same error message JB> as before. (The #1 entry in theFAQ.) I had tried '-oq' prior to asking JB> with the same results. My pk(un)zip executables are in my PATH, and JB> this DOS version ofMM works on thesame packets that the 32-bit version JB> coughs on. I'm running on W98, and the BBS uses Mystic and a QWK door. JB> (Sheesh... I'm not so bashfull about posting publicly *now*. ;-) MN> I had the same troubles when I first started working with MultiMail. MN> What's the name of the directory that you installed MultiMail? H:\mm I'm used to partitioning the bejeabers outa my HDs. As I said, the PK programs are on my PATH, and to my knowledge, mmail.rc is identical on the DOS and Win32 directories, except where the 'H:\mm' and the 'H:\mmdos' comes into play. I think I'll try ... No, swapping the two wouldn't do anything... MN> ... Mickey / Monica Neufeld MN> --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.46 MN> * Origin: FidoTel & QWK on the Web! www.fidotel.com (1:275/311) .... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message. --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.38 --- Mystic BBS v1.07.3 (DOS) * Origin: MikE'S MaDHousE -- WelComE to the AsYluM! (1:134/11) .