NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/bbs/waffle/4190

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From: [e-mail] (David Keegel)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Bad Header errors in uucico
Summary: solution/workaround found for bad headers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 12:52:43 +1100
Organization: Cybersource Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.
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Thanks to those people who have offered helpful suggestions.

I have found out how to stop the "* Bad Header" errors that Waffle's uucico
was producing on my Amstrad.  As I said a few weeks ago, I was getting waffle
binaries and spool files from a (pseudo) network drive which was transported
over the Amstrad's other COM port (`network' on com1, internal modem on com2).

When I put the spool files on a floppy drive on the Amstrad, suddenly my error
rate went down to zero (or near enough).  Conclusion: I can't use the two com
ports on the Amstrad simultaneously.

While I can transfer my uucp files with no problems now, this still leaves me
with a problem.  I'd like to store outgoing spool files on the hard disk on
the other machine (the one the Amstrad is connected to via rs232), since I
use it for mail/news reading, and only use the Amstrad for dialling out.

Is it possible to store *incoming* spool files in one directory (on A:) and
*outgoing* spool files in another (on C:)?  Otherwise the Amstrad needs to
be turned on whenever I queue up mail/news.  I would prefer to only need to
turn the Amstrad on when I am connecting to my feed; it causes TV interference.

(Please let me know if this news article has bad headers etc.)

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