Subj : Can't open packet w/M
To   : WILLIAM MCBRINE
From : MAX CHAMBERLAIN
Date : Sun Aug 06 2000 09:03 am

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 MC> [Packet type not recognized]
 MC> zipUncompressCommand: c:\Program Files\mmdos37\pkunzip -o
 MC> zipCompressCommand: c:\Program Files\mmdos37\pkzip

 WM> Hmm... Dunno, but the use of long (VFAT) filenames like
 WM> "Program Files" suggests a possibility.

Bingo!  When I changed "Program Files" to "Progra~1" it works fine.

 WM> What version of PKZIP
 WM> are you using, and what is the path to the packets? PKZIP
 WM> 2.04g, which is (regrettably) still widespread, predates VFAT
 WM> and doesn't understand the long filenames. I believe PKZIP 2.50
 WM> and later do understand them, but I'm not certain. In any case,
 WM> I personally recommend using InfoZip instead of PKZIP.

I'm still using the old standby, 2.04g.  It's like a comfortable old
pair of slippers.  The times, they do change, though.  I equate some
of my attempts to fix things to trying to fit a carburetor to a fuel
injected engine.  <g>

 MC> One thing I am wondering about is how does mmail know that pkzip and
 MC> pkunzip are the compression/umcompression utilities to execute (as
 MC> opposed to arj, for example).

 WM> It checks the first few bytes of the file -- each format puts a
 WM> unique signature there. Every ZIP file, for instance, starts
 WM> out with "PK".

Ah, simple and direct.

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