Subj : can someone help please?
To   : Jimmy Day
From : Ken Hrynchuk
Date : Sun Sep 29 2002 03:46 pm

Jimmy Day wrote to All on 09-26-02 21:50:
 
 JD> 3)  Some packets give the error "control.dat not found" - tried on 4
 JD> different OLRs, and PKUNZIP -t shows that there is indeed NO
 JD> control.dat file. Looks like all the other files are there.  So why no
 JD> control.dat file?  Maybe someone could point me to an explanation of
 JD> the structure of these various file types?
 
I believe that CONTROL.DAT is always required (with .QWK, anyway). It
contains important info. about the mail packet (and the BBS that
generated it) that is used by the mail reader. If you search your drive
for it, the next time you're reading a packet that contains it, you'll
be able to open it with a text editor, and view it (just don't save any
changes to it <g>).
 
 JD> 4)  Some packets also give unpack errors, CRC errors.  What's that
 JD> mean?
 
One possible reason for this occurring is that the packets are getting
a little mangled on download (this could also explain the missing
CONTROL.DAT file, which may be only missing from the index of the
mail packet archive, if it's corrupt, and/or truncated).
 
Neither of the above errors should be occurring. I suggest writing a
message to the sysop of the system where you get your mail, asking
him/her about the errors. Before you do that, though, run a Thorough
Scandisk on your drive, to make sure it's error-free, and reliable.
 
If you can't get the problems resolved (and you're pretty sure the
problems aren't at your end), I can recommend the Hall of Fame
BBS (telnet://fame.darktech.org) as a reliable source of mail.
 
 JD> Tallyho.
 
Yoicks! And away! <G>
 
And, Welcome to Fidonet. :)
 
   Ken
 
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