Subj : Re: Can't open packet w/MMail
To   : Max Chamberlain
From : Greg Sears
Date : Sun Aug 06 2000 11:12 am

FIDO ::Offline Mail Discussion Forum

 -=[03 Aug 00  20:28:00, Max Chamberlain wrote IN a message to All]=-

MC> Okay, I give up.  I'm missing something somewhere in configuring
  > MMail. I keep going back to the FAQ and right there at the top it
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
  > Does anyone have any ideas?  Will be glad to furnish more info as
  > needed.  Thanks.  Oh, running Win98SE.
                          ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
  G-day Max Chamberlain,  ||||||| ||||||| may be your problem! Try and
download mrsx037.zip <latest for windows>
OR       Mmail029.zip<first>
OR       Mmail031.zip<next>
OR       Mmail033.zip<next>

These ones are for ALL.windows machines.

Here is how Mmail.rc file reads here. . .

# -----------------------
# MultiMail configuration
# -----------------------
# 
# Any of these keywords may be omitted, in which case the default values
# (shown here) will be used.
# 
# If you change either of the base directories, all the subsequent paths
# will be changed, unless they're overriden in the individual settings.

Version: 0.37

# Your name, as you want it to appear on replies (used mainly in SOUP)
UserName: I C E-man

# Your Internet email address (used only in SOUP replies)
InetAddr: gwsears@i4free.co.nz


# Quote header for replies (non-Internet)
QuoteHead: %a%n%n -=[%d, %f wrote IN a message to %t]=-%n%n  G-day %f,

# Quote header for Internet email and Usenet replies
InetQuote: On %d, %f wrote:

# Base directories (derived from $HOME or $MMAIL)
homeDir: D:\MMail
mmHomeDir: D:\mmail

# Signature (file) that should be appended to each message. (Not used
# unless specified here.)
signature: D:\MMail\Dogy.txt

# Editor for replies = $EDITOR; or if not defined, edit
editor: edit D:\MMail\any.txt

# MultiMail will look for packets here
PacketDir: D:\MMail\Down

# Reply packets go here
ReplyDir: D:\MMail\up

# Saved messages go in this directory, by default
SaveDir: D:\MMail\save

# Full paths to the address book and tagline file
AddressBook: D:\mmail\address.bk
TaglineFile: D:\mmail\taglines

# Full path to color specification file
ColorFile: D:\mmail\colorsG

# Decompression commands (must include an option to junk/discard paths!)
arjUncompressCommand: arj e
zipUncompressCommand: pkunzip -joL
lhaUncompressCommand: lha efi
rarUncompressCommand: rar e -cl -o+
unknownUncompressCommand: xxuncompress

# Compression commands (must include an option to junk/discard paths!)
arjCompressCommand: arj a -e
zipCompressCommand: pkzip -jo
lhaCompressCommand: lha af
rarCompressCommand: rar u -ep
unknownCompressCommand: xxcompress

# Default sort for packet list: by Name or Time (most recent first)
PacketSort: Time

# Default mode for area list: All, Subscribed, or Active
AreaMode: Subscribed

# Default sort for letter list: by Subject, Number, From or To
LetterSort: Number

# Default mode for letter list: All or Unread
LetterMode: Unread


# Console character set: CP437 (IBM PC) or Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1)
Charset: Latin-1

# Prompt to add taglines to replies?
UseTaglines: Yes

# Save replies after editing without prompting?
AutoSaveReplies: Yes

# Save last read indicators without prompting?
AutoSaveRead: Yes

# Strip "soft carriage returns" (char 141) from messages?
StripSoftCR: No

# Beep when a personal message is opened in the letter window?
BeepOnPers: Yes

# Use Lynx-like navigation (right arrow selects, left backs out)?
UseLynxNav: No

# Put scroll bars on list windows when items exceed window lines?
UseScrollBars: Yes

# Build "Personal" area (letters addressed to you)
BuildPersArea: Yes

# Generate .XTI for Blue Wave, or MAIL.FDX for OPX, instead of .RED
MakeOldFlags: Yes

# Add "Re: " prefix on Subject of replies? (Note that it will be added
# in Internet email and Usenet areas regardless of this setting.)
ReOnReplies: Yes

# Wrap quoted text at this column width (including quote marks)
QuoteWrapCols: 77

# Maximum lines per part for reply split (see docs)
MaxLines: 0

# 8-bit character set for SOUP packets (see docs)
outCharset: iso-8859-1

# Quoted-printable options for outgoing messages (see docs)
UseQPMailHead: Yes
UseQPNewsHead: Yes
UseQPMail: Yes
UseQPNews: No

I hope this helps you get the BEST OLR reader available today working!

If you have internet goto: <nttp://multimail.sourceforge.net/>
OR ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ I can attach the file to you? Keep computing. . .


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