Subj : Pure DOS TelNet ZMoDem
To   : MICHEL SAMSON
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sat Oct 16 2004 05:33 pm

  Re: Pure DOS TelNet ZMoDem
  By: MICHEL SAMSON to ROB SWINDELL on Sat Oct 16 2004 04:02 am

 >      About "Pure DOS TelNet ZMoDem" of October 15:
 > 
 > RS> Have you setup gkermit on your board?  It's pretty simple.
 > RS> http://synchro.net/docs/kermit.txt
 > 
 >      You shown how "charitable" you can be at times, lately, so i wonder
 > if you will agree to remove all mentions relative to me on `SynchroNet's
 > ~WEB~ site - or at least, make them clear enough not to let people think
 > i actually approved `Kermit.INI'? 

Sure, no problem.

 > Should you feel like you're in one of
 > your good days, euh...  it makes more sense to just point at the UpDate:
 > 
 >      http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/MSK.INI

Unfortunatley, this .INI file is not a "drop-in" replacment for the kermit.ini
I've provided for Synchronet sysops.

 >      The "Set File Collision OverWrite" line is one mistake i avoided in
 > order to retain `Kermit's Transfer Recovery ("ReSend") feature, this one
 > is incompatible with Wayne Warthen's `Kermit for Windows' unless special
 > care is taken but `ZMoDem' users wouldn't settle for less functionality.

Since Synchronet doesn't allow users to resume uploads, this point is moot. If
a file transfer is aborted, the file is deleted and removed from the database.
If a file exists in the database, Synchronet does not allow a user to upload
the same filename, so no "transfer recovery" is possible.

 >      "Set Retry 10", as far as i'm concerned, sure does sound like users
 > are given some time to launch their protocol but the delay which will be
 > achieved via this option is going to vary with the `Kermit' packet-size.

This option increased the amount of time MS-Kermit will wait for the first
packet from the sender, so it achieve the results I was looking for.

 >      A few more features have been overlooked in `Kermit.INI.  Character
 > Translation which makes it possible to use ~ASCII~ UpLoad for pre-writen
 > text from a foreign environment isn't available.  The Transaction Log as
 > it stands requires touch-up before anything is done, etc.  Well, anyway!

Perhaps we have different definitions of "ASCII Upload", but my definition is
just raw ASCII, terminated by a Ctrl-Z char usually. This has nothing to do
with Kermit or any other transfer "protocol".

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