Subj : New MM user w/o Linux mm
To   : James Bradley
From : Monica Neufeld
Date : Thu Feb 19 2004 07:02 am

> > MN> If it helps any, I just uploaded the most recent versions of
> >[...]
> >Linux version  handy? I tried to upload it the last time I was at an
> >I-Net account, but it  turned out to be a dud file.

> MN> I went into the MultiMail site and saw the following files for
> MN> Linux. Please let me knowwhich one you need.  I'm not familiar
> MN> with Linux. I'll upload a file as soon as Mike's Madhouse is back
> MN>online.  They are, right now, experiencing some sort of technical
> MN>difficulty.

>`Technical difficulties' must be the resource kit he's been pouring
>over. <G>

Looks ok now.

>He has the elf file posted, but it came here as a dud. I wish I knew
>more about Linux, as I may be just asking you to waste your time. I
>will try to eliminate the obvious:

> MN> mm-linux-i386elf.gz (188k) - Linux/i386 ELF, now statically
> MN> linked. Previously I provided a binary that was dependent on
> MN> libc5, but this one isn't. Compiled on a 486 running kernel
> MN> 2.0.36, and tested on an Athlon running 2.5.7.

>This sounds right but??? William... I'm on Mandrake 6.0 (for the time).
> MN> mm-qnx-i386.gz (122k) - QNX/i386, compiled on RTP 6.0.

>Yes! (I think.)
> MN> mm-linux-alpha.gz (117k) - Linux/Alpha, compiled on Debian 3.0.
> MN> BeOS

>I don't think the Alpha processor resides here. <-; Here I thought all
>versions of Linux/Unix would use the same port. (Term?) I'm thinking if
>I could bother you for:

>mm-linux-i386elf.gz
>mm-qnx-i386.gz

>That should get me started.

Done!

> > MN> I don't recommend Blue Wave.  It inserts a number in front of
> > MN> your To: field and a space in front of your subject field.

> >I noticed that too. I'm hoping that this version [2.20 R] might be
> >less  trouble. I'm using a REPFix patch on the two installations,
> >but that might be  rather old too. We'll find out soon if it
> >augments fields. I have to watch for  duplicates too. I think that
> >might be more the fault of the mail door though.

> MN> Looks like your REPFix patch worked!

>"What along strange trip it's been."

>Seeing that this *is* the OFFLINE echo, maybe I can garner some answers
>here. BW 2.20 [R] now opens a maximum of Five messages, where it used
>to open only Twenty. For a stint in between, it would open the full
>compliment. Version 2.30 [NR] seemed to do the same Twenty message
>stunt, but when it did decide to work on all the messages, it augmented
>thefields as Monica suggested. (Mainly random numbers in front of the
>`To:' field.)

>I just noticed that REPFix isn't installed onthe 2.3 machine yet. That
>should fix the inserts, <?> but why might the reader stop at seemingly
>arbitrary message numbers? Thesame file would report either Five,
>Twenty, or the full compliment of messages.

To be honest with you, I gave up on Blue Wave a long time ago.

>W98 on both a Celeron 366 w/128M RAM, and a K6-2 w/128M RAM machines.

>...And what-up with the augmented tear lines? Is it me that causes
>that?

Not that I know of.

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Have a good day and good luck.

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