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- From: andyross@infopls.chi.il.us (Andrew Rossmann)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: WafflineMail with Waffle 1.65..does it work?
- Message-ID: <F7FRwB3w165w@infopls.chi.il.us>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 11:38:14 CST
- References: <6scLwB1w165w@spud.kludge.com>
- Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL
- Lines: 71
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- tom@spud.kludge.com (Tom Lemos) writes:
-
- > jerryg@jaiser.rain.com (Jerry Gaiser) writes:
- >
- > > ranfry@mala.proteus.qc.ca (Ranfry) writes:
- > >
- > > > In <Bzu9pK.Cp2@eis.calstate.edu> afavela@eis.calstate.edu (Alonso Favela)
- > > > > Does wafflinemail 1.0 work with waffle 1.65. In the docs it said
- > > > >that it worked with 1.64, and since there are different mailbox
- > > > >structures, I wanted to ask before I might mess things up. Does anyone
- > > > >have WaffLineMail working with 1.65?
- > > >
- > > > Speaking for myself, NO. That is I never was able to make Waffline 1.0
- > > > work with Waffle 1.65. I someone HAS been able, please tell me and Alons
- > > > how.
- > >
- > > Well, I got it to work with 1.65. Unfortunately it doesn't understand 1.65'
- > > mailbox concept. I still have it available for those that want it for
- > > newsgroups.
- > >
- > had no problems here.. worked fine with 1.64 and then with 1.65.
- > Took me all of five minutes to get it up and running. I guess I'm lucky.
-
- Wafmail 1.00r works fine here. It works fine under DV with 3 changes:
-
- Add /shell to the extern line. Calling it directly caused lockups.
-
- Use the /S1 swapper. I had problems with the default.
-
- If you batch/unbatch in the background, make sure it generates a 'lock'
- file while it's running (mine is c:\spool\UUXQT.RUN.) It appears Waffle
- opens the USENET and LOCAL files in 'compatible' mode. Wafmail opens it in
- 'deny write.' You're OK if it's already unbatching a packet, but when it
- tries to start up another one, you get a sharing violation. [BTW, set your
- SYSTEM memory for the DVCRON template to 1K.] Waffle should open it in
- 'deny write' also. I DO have 'multitask : dos desqview' in my STATIC file.
-
- Here's the WAFMAILB.BAT I use:
- @echo off
- if not exist c:\spool\uuxqt.run goto runit
- xu port:0:on
- foutt News and mail batching/unbatching is currently running in the background.
- foutt Please try Wafmail again in a few minutes.
- xu port:0:off
- goto done
- :runit
- type nul > c:\spool\uuxqt.run
- wafmail %&
- del c:\spool\uuxqt.run
- :done
-
- This problem really only occurs while Wafmail is scanning. I don't think
- it uses the USENET or LOCAL files after that. FOUTT is a program that dumps
- text out the fossil port, with a trailing CR/LF. Using redirection to
- COM1 often caused the computer to lock up.
-
- PS. I've noticed that I get much higher throughput with the Fossil driver
- loaded INSIDE the window. I'm running v32bis, with the ports locked at
- 38400. I have DV setup to optimize communications. [The redirection lockups
- mainly occured when I had it set up the way the Fossil docs recommend. I
- haven't tried it lately.] I also have a 16550 UART, and run on a 386DX/25.
- I normally have Waffle, Memory Status, and DVCRON running all the time.
- Waffle handles all polling, DVCRON handles UUXQT/BATCH, EXPIRE, and
- nightly maintenance. Unfortunately, my backups won't run under DV, even
- with /HW:0E:L.
-
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