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- Message-ID: <9211110636.AA02355@inherent.techlaw.com>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.next-l
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:36:24 -0800
- Reply-To: gam@inherent.techlaw.com
- Sender: NeXT Computer List <NEXT-L@BROWNVM.BITNET>
- From: Gregory Miller - Inherent <gam@INHERENT.TECHLAW.COM>
- Subject: Summary: NeXT Attachments & ListServer Solved!!
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- Once again, the NET saves the day.
- (I have carefully tucked away the answers this
- time. :-)
-
- The problem was our RS6000 running AIX and a
- popular listserver system seemed to be eating a critical
- piece of data rendering NeXTmail unreadable, even on a
- NeXT. Turns out the problem centers on the existence (or
- lack thereof) of a line of this form in the headers:
-
- Next-Attachment: .tar.201.a_test.attach, 3677, 1/1, 5082, 0
-
- Without that line, NeXTmail is rendered like any uuencoded
- trash that a non-NeXT sees. We have patched the system to
- retain that particular header line. Problem solved.
-
- Many thanks to the three individuals who spied it:
-
- Pete Clark of AppSoft
- Mark Henry of Onyx Sciences Corp. and
- Robert Beers of Ohio Northern University
-
- Brian Bartholomew politely chastised me for using a
- particular version of listserver software which, in his
- humble opinion, is inferior. My thanks to his constructive
- criticism, however the choice was made long ago for a
- variety of reasons. And as it turns out, it works just
- fine once we understand our oversight.
-
- Brian did suggest an alternative listserver which I
- pass on as a possibility for others. It is available at:
-
- math.ufl.edu:/pub/ftp/bb/listserv.tar
-
- Tis' the UCSD listserv, but it's been un-localized from
- UCSD, has examples, and a flexible file-wrapping-
- and-sending command (which one may choose to disable by
- commenting it out of the parser code). It's main purpose
- in life is to manipulate text files of one address per line
- that sendmail uses for aliases. It also does not contain
- the pseudo-security found in othger list servers. One can
- try this version via mail to listserv@math.ufl.edu. He
- suggests the message of "help" for starters.
-
- Thanks again.
- Gregory Miller JD
-
- Inherent Technologies, Inc.
- &
- Marger Johnson McCollom & Stolowitz Attys
-