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- From: henryp@dircon.co.uk (Kevin Henry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: DCC for Grapevine?
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 23:52:59 GMT
- Organization: Trading Science
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- References: <4deocq$lgv@hearst.cac.psu.edu> <113.6591T1386T1219@dialnet.net> <4eh7cu$6gv@anarchy.io.com> <4ehat6$pm8@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> <19960129.42C4A8.9D2E@am174.du.pipex.com> <19960130.73B4328.10DA5@ragtime.vnet.net>
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- In article <19960130.73B4328.10DA5@ragtime.vnet.net> jkay@ragtime.vnet.net (John Kelly) writes:
- > m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry) writes:
- > > Kevin Henry (henryp@dircon.co.uk) wrote:
- >
- > > : I would not use grapvive as it has serious problems with taking
- > > : the host name address from your home:hostname which is sometimes
- > > : incorrect.
- >
- > > Only if you have configured the socket.library emulation incorrectly, which
- > > is pretty difficult, since it's well documented in the archive.
- >
-
- Since the DCC is a separate program that does not use the
- socket.library to transfer the file it looks in hostname I would
- not even attempt to answer the last comment.
-
-
- > Yes; hundreds of people use Gv every day with no problems .. it's a very
- > simple program to set up.
- >
- > Basically, if Gv is not running well for you, you are an idiot; even un-
- > trained monkeys successfully operate Grapevine.
-
- And as for the last comment, I think you may classify for both
- catogories!! *;)
-
-