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From: larry@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US (Lawrence T. Hardiman)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: V-MailServer 1.22
Date: 1 Jan 93 17:17:20 GMT
Reply-To: larry@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US
Organization: The Birdsong Company, PO Box 2031, Sunnyvale CA 94087-2031

In <y2sNwB2w165w@valpso.hanse.de> tichauer@valpso.hanse.de (Manfredo Tichauer) writes:
>A couple of days ago a friend installed V-MailServer ver.1.22 ...
> ... Is there a way to do it like in UNIX? I understood that in UNIX it
>is possible to use up to 512 columns in a row, e.g: 
>user1@aaa.AAA,user2@bbb.BBB,user3@ccc.CCC,user4@ddd.DDD, etc.

>What also is a little annoying is that if somebody sends any command to
>my mail-server (e.g. subscribe ABCD-L), everyone on the mailing list
>receives it also. Is there also a way to eliminate this? 

>It would be nice that there is a way to spare band width with mail-lists
>and I hope that somebody has a solution for it. I wish all of you a Happy
>New Year (it will start here in another 5 hours)

Manfredo,
In lieu of V-Mail, you could try WFS. It also Mailing List Server support.
It partially solves the multiple addressee problem, limited to 128 characters
per addressee line; this is an MS-DOS limitation.

WFS does not echo JOIN or other commands to users of the list.

WFS is available by sending mail to: server@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US
with the message body:

get \public\waffle\wfs203.zip

Regards,
  larry.

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From: coneill@polarbear.rahul.net (Chris O'Neill)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Trouble With NWREADER
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 01:39:07 CST
Organization: Polar Bear Heaven BBS - Rankin Inlet, NWT

Hi, gang!

I'm having BIG problems with NWREADER. I've tried several versions, but 
all I seem to get out of the thing is a "group entry not found, or no 
right to read" error message (or something close to that) when I try and 
enter a newsgroup by pressing [enter] on a newsgroup name.

I have checked my \waffle\system\usenet file, and have placed a
"/group=" statement on the line for each newsgroup (just to be sure).
But, I still haven't had any success getting this thing to work.

Any help would be appreciated, or Santa's gonna find a blithering maniac 
(me!) sitting under the Christmas tree when he slides down the chimney!
;-)

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Chris

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From: jerryg@jaiser.rain.com (Jerry Gaiser)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Archive-Server Requests to Halcyon.COM
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 06:27:53 PST
Organization: Jerry's Attic, Gaston OR

ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims) writes:

> Most failed requests to the archive-server (ANY archive-server)
> are due to incorrect format of the request.  In the case of the
> one in use at halcyon.com, send your request to mailserv@halcyon.com
> (actually most variations on that theme will work).  Subject can
> be anything, but in the text of the message, flush left:
> 

And as I discovered last night, don't append a signature because the
server craps out with too many errors.

--
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Fidonet 1:105/380                                    (bbs) 503-359-5111
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From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: rmail not accepting % hacks
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 12:19:43 CST
Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN

dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister) writes:

> For some reason rmail is doing nasty things to addresses with % hacks in
> them.
> 
> As an example, mail addressed to foo%bar.uucp@buzz is being sent to
> foo.uucp@buzz
> 
> Anyone know how to deal with this problem?

4dos, right?  Rmail and the Waffle utility suite all know how to handle
command lines so this doesn't happen.  BUT... if you are using a
third-party accessory program that calls rmail, you may see this effect.
It means the external program is passing a command to rmail with the
system() command.  Bad stuff, Maynard!

Dumping 4dos isn't a very good solution.  The most likely candidates are
wrapper programs (like around rmail) and server programs.  Also, you'll
see this if you enter an address directly from the command line.  In
this case, either double the % sign, or preface it with a ^X (or
whatever you've set your 4dos escape character to)
--
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roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu  [my opinions]            sometimes, you're the bug!"
cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu  [my $0.0275 ]                      --Mark Knopfler
From: system@freds.cojones.com (George W. Hayduke)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Getting Destination & Title from Waffle
Date: 31 Dec 92 15:11:35 GMT
Organization: Radio Free Fredbox

dwrage@ddt-archives.athens.oh.us (David William Wrage) writes:

> to dell@cojones.com: please consider adding these in your next version.  Just
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Tom? What are you doing in Alaska? Could have at least told me.



      Fred Polsky v1.0, who has been known to handle under George.
            "This is Usenet. Facts are irrelevant here."
 The Fredbox +1 907 344 8437  system@freds.cojones.com  Anchorage, Alaska
Sean "Bandwidth" Ryan's favorite BBS, with lots of neat texts and lunatics.
From: bobl@bobsbox.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdmin)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: WafflineMail with Waffle 1.65..does it work?
Date: 28 Dec 92 12:42:16 GMT
Organization: Raven Enterprises -- Piscataway, NJ USA
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <Bzxqz7.Bv0@cs.psu.edu> fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
> In article <b1XPrAmMBh107h@mala.proteus.qc.ca> ranfry@mala.proteus.qc.ca (Ranfry) writes:
> |In <Bzu9pK.Cp2@eis.calstate.edu> afavela@eis.calstate.edu (Alonso Favela) writes:
> |>    Does wafflinemail 1.0 work with waffle 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 Alonso
> |how.
>
> My 1.64 setup worked fine when I switched to 1.65; it just doesn't handle
> users' mail correctly (and there's even a workaround for that, look at
> halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/explode.zip).
>
> However, WafLineMail 1.0, in general, is really flaky.  On some configurations,
> it will work wonderfully, on other machines, it won't.  Try changing swappers-
> that's what did it for me.
>
>   Bill

There is a beta version of WAFMAIL 2.0 that seems to work ok for me.  I
haven't had any complaints other than the fact that I sometimes run out
of disk space when the system tries to pack the .QWK file.  It DOES get
the mail.

--
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  BitNet: bobl%bobsbox.rent.com@pucc           | Piscataway, NJ 08854
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From: ranfry@mala.proteus.qc.ca (Ranfry)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Update on Helldiver
Date: 29 Dec 92 15:47:56 GMT
Organization: Mala's Refuge, Montreal, Canada

In <0RwHwB1w164w@geloser.login.qc.ca> rider@geloser.login.qc.ca (Serge Ayotte) writes:
>> 
>> OS/2!  OS/2!  OS/2!
>> 
>> A totally awesome newsreader deserves a totally awesome operating system
>> to run under, don't you think?  :-)
>>

>I second the motion!!!! (But not holding my breath...)
>Serge Ayotte

	I third the motion.... So, any OS/2 programmers out there?


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From: pat%patsbbs@frcs.alt.za
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: AGAIN - USER VALIDATION & FILES - AGAIN 
Keywords: validation, files 
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 08:00:42 SAST
Organization: Pats System in Pretoria, RSA +27-12-73-2573

nahabed@ntmtv.UUCP (Roupen Nahabedian) writes:

> SUMMARY: New installation (Waffle out of the box), Waffle 1.65 for DOS.
> PROBLEM: Users cann't access FILES area even after being validated (VAL).
>          "Validation is required to use the FILES section." message generated

> So, the problem does NOT seem to be related to "errors" in /waffle/system/dir
> in /static, missing directories, etc. since that prevent even a user with 
> PRIV=9 to access FILES... Once in there, all seems normal.

I had this problem, ansd spent several hours before I eventually
solved it!

It appeared to be a combination of elements:

1. My files structure is of the form:
   e:\arclib\text
            \dosutils
            \virus
   etc
2. The files parameter in static pointed to e:\arclib
3. The disks paramater in static specified d: e:
4. The dirs file specified entries of the form
   1 /dir="e:/arclib/text"  /access=1
   etc.

What appeared to be the problem was that there was no entry in
the dirs file to point to the parent subdirectory.  When I added
an entry '99 /dir="e:/arclib"  /access=0' suddenly everything worked.
I suspect that you may have a similar problem - its worth a try :-)


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From: pat@berry.Cary.NC.US (Pat Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Chrome
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 23:15:28 EST
Organization: Berry Communications

In all the discussion of Helldiver and other newsreaders for Waffle, no
one has yet mentioned Chrome.  Here is what Tom Dell said about Chrome
way back in August of 1991:

>What is Chrome?
>
>Chrome is a DOS based application:
>
>   Full screen News/Mail reader for Waffle/UUCP.
>
>   Support for MS Mouse or compatible (though not required).
>
>   Pull down menus, much like Turbo C 2.0's. Point and click,
>   or use arrow keys as you would expect.
>
>   Direct screen writes, and is thus very fast. Commands are
>   similar to Buerg's LIST.COM program.
>
>Waffle is intended for remote use, over a modem, and is thus limited
>in its user interface design. Chrome is intended for local use only,
>and has no such limitations. Chrome does not have the BBS ~accoutrements.

Does anyone know if Chrome is still in development?  Or has it been
abandoned?  I haven't heard any news about it in over a year.

-- 
Pat Berry - Cary, North Carolina, USA   |  "The leading cause of death among
pat@berry.Cary.NC.US                    |  fashion models is falling through
**** Happy user of OS/2 2.0 ****        |  street grates." -- Dave Barry
From: rperry@west.darkside.com (rperry)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Strange Bug in Login Sequence, v 1.65
Date: 1 Jan 93 03:41:13 GMT
Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM

I wrote:
rperry@west.darkside.com (rperry) writes:

>  Hello all.
> 
> I was configuring Waffle 1.65 (registered) this week and ended up
> with a real mess.  I have two privileged accounts, root and system
> (naturally).  When I logged in as root, the program logged me in
> and then proceeded to lock up tight.  System logs confirmed that
> I had logged in, but I couldn't do anything.  This is under DOS 5.0.
> 
> I rebuilt the password and index files, but the problem persisted.
> After inspecting the password file, I noticed that there was some
> garbage after the username location for root.  It seems that Waffle
> places the word "default" in the location of the Snew username during
> the user creation process and then writes over it.  Efforts to subvert
> this were unsuccessful.  Finally, I had to retrieve my 1.64 password
> file (off an erased disk, no less) and convert _it_ to 1.65.  Inspection
> of the newly created password file using this method (which is what I
> had done in the beginning) shows none of the extraneous garbage produced
> when the file is created wi{h the 1.65 sysman utility.
> 
After debugging various functions and trying several approaches,
it appears that the problem is a variation of the "Video: ANSI"
problems which are prevalent in this newsgroup.  Sorry to take up
your time, but this problem did cause some real headaches on my
computer.  The lesson learned is : don't use video:ansi no matter
how well you think you know how your system behaves.

Thanks much,

  Ron Perry
>
From: carlos@carlos
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Helldiver sugestions
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 23:28:29 -0500
Reply-To: carlos@infoserv.com
Organization: Dominguez UseNet, Brooklyn NY, USA

In <K+IQrAOABh107h@mala.proteus.qc.ca> ranfry@mala.proteus.qc.ca (Ranfry) writes:

>Actually, I do have a suggestion for an improvement to Helldiver.  It 
>concerns the Address book.  There should be a special field, where we can
>write a note or two about the person.  It would make it much easier to use.

Ditto!

>Also, while reading mail and news, there should be a copy function, so we 
>could copy certain parts to the clipboard.

A quick workaround is to reply to the message, then while in edit mode use
the standard windows copy and paste commands to so what you will, then
abort the reply.. The info you pasted in the clipboard will still be there.


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From: Jonathan Herr <herrj%valnet@moose.cs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Caller Summary Program
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 23:47:31 EST
Organization: WVCF, Vincennes, IN, USA

ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims) writes:

<> Jonathan Herr <herrj%valnet@moose.cs.indiana.edu> writes:
<> 
<> >You probably aren't aware of the problems because there are sites
<> >that can't reach you because their host doesn't recognize you.  It's
<> 
<> It's hard NOT to have an Internet site recognized. :)  Especially
<> when it's cross-filed:

Gee, I must work on my clarity a bit.  I thought I had put something
about things being misplaced and unused.  That was where the problem
lay at the time.  As I mentioned, or I think I did, it was a hairy
mess with a simple fix.  It was nothing to report to you as you're
site was not at fault.  I may have been partially at fault as I was
unable to attend to my site for several weeks -- 12 to be close
(which I might plug that Waffle ran stable for the entire time).
When I returned, my feed site changed machine and name.  The problem
was in that change.



Jonathan R Herr                             I can't quit you, babe.
herrj@valnet.uucp                           I guess I'll have to put you down
WVCF System Administrator                   For a little while ....
Xref: sparky comp.bbs.waffle:5725 comp.bbs.misc:1682
From: morpheus <morpheus@entropy.mcds.com>
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,comp.bbs.misc
Subject: Re: .QWK mail reader for Waffle
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 17:27:33 EST
Organization: No Pity For The Majority!  [private]

rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes:

> Deluxe2?  Don't you mean Deluxe-"squared"?  The *ONLY* QWK-reader with
> a name that is illegal in Fidonet and possibly in parts of Usenet?
...
> Forget it - make a statement and use freeware that WORKS - like Offline
> or Offline Express....

If you must use a QWK reader, look at Jabber.  The best I've seen...  But then
again, my preferred DOS terminal emulator is {COMMO}...


morpheus@entropy.mcds.com ("morph")    |    My life is for itself, and not a
Obsolete diety for hire.  Cheap.       |         spectacle.  - Emerson
From: russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Anon FTP or UUCP.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 17:32:27 MST
Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada
X-Newsreader: rusnews v0.97

vince@halcyon.com (Vince Skahan) writes:

>>(ie I would like to FTP the windows frontend that everyone is talking about,
>>but I have not been able to learn how to do it from waffle.
> 
> you can't, if you're on a DOS Waffle, but you can get it via mail.
> see the .signature line below....

sez who?  (you can't ftp it, but you can anon uucp it)

with these lines in my waffle/system/systems file (v1.64)

#
# remote.halcyon.com - waffle-related files archive
#
#        uucp remote!~/00-index.txt for the master file list for anon uucp
#        uucp remote!~/filename.ext for a specific file (syntax varies)
#        uucp remote!~/subdir/filename.ext may also work for files
#                located in the subdirectories
#
remote   Evening COM1 Direct 19200 g "" ATX4&D2 OK ATDT1,2062929048 CON
  NECT "" login:--login: nuucp word: nuucp

(last line broken for clarity) - I also had to manually create the directory
spool\remote since uucp.exe didn't do it for me.

I can get all sorts of waffle utilities without causing my mail feeder's
disk to overflow and him to get ticked at me.

so, you'd enter a line like this:

uucp remote!~/pub/waffle/news/helld107.zip helld107.zip

then

uucico -s remote -t 45 -x 4

and you're done!  (assuming it's not busy, etc. - you might want to use
{poll,ppoll}.{bat,exe} or what not)
-- 
Russell Schulz  russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca  ersys!rschulz  Shad 86c
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,comp.bbs.misc,alt.bbs,news.software.readers
From: luciana@rnp.impa.br (Luciana O. Goes Neno)
Subject: Re: .QWK mail reader for Waffle
Organization: IMPA/CNPq
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:43:23 GMT

dalew@twiki.PDX.COM (Dale Weber) writes:

>  The BlueWave reader v2.12 is out now.  I am planning to install the WFS
>mail server here real soon and then will have all the BlueWave, Waffle, and
>a few other directories worth of files available via that.  My system picks
>up all the latest BlueWave beta and release files directly from the
>author's system, but only release files will be available through my mail
>server.

>  8-Dale

>--
>Internet: dalew@pdx.com                      P r a i s e   t h e   L o r d !
>Home BBS: +1(503)335-9600 at 2400 - 9600 Bps using a 16.8k HST Dual Standard
>          Your fveriendly BlueWave and Waffle Beta and Distribution site

Is there any Internet site from where I could ftp BlueWave? 

Thanks in advance,

--Luciana
-- 
Luciana Goes Neno / RNP/IMPA
From: ray@hrtpc.cmhnet.org (Ray Thornton)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Update on Helldiver
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 00:18:26 EST
Distribution: us
Organization: P.W. Publishing Company, Columbus, Ohio USA

pat@berry.Cary.NC.US (Pat Berry) writes:

> rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley) writes:
> 
> >                                           It's also possible that a DOS
> > version of Helldiver will be available too, but since Helldiver is very
> > memory-hungry, this may be difficult.  I have no idea when this re-write
> > will be available, but hopefully within the first few months of 1993.
> 
> OS/2!  OS/2!  OS/2!

I second that.  Ray
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Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: mzellers@StarConn.com (Mark Zellers)
Subject: Incomming Errors
Reply-To: mark@fusion.com
Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA  415-949-3133
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:00:25 GMT

I recently upgraded our modem to a 14.4k model.  As part of that process
I have installed a fossil driver and locked the baud rate at 19.2KB.

I believe our mail feed uses Telebit Trailblazer modems.  When we
connect, we agree on a baud rate of 9600 baud with no error correction
protocol.  We can successfully call them, but when they call us, we get
large numbers of errors and the line is dropped.  I thought the problem
might be with them, but have also noticed similar problems with another
site that occasionaly calls us using a 2400 baud modem.

When my home machine calls in at 14.4kb, all is well.  We do have
hardware handshaking enabled.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.




-- 

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From: doug@aptzero.lonestar.org (Doug Gault)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Anon FTP or UUCP.
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:08:42 GMT
Organization: Doug Gault .. Home UseNet Node.

I can't seem to find more than just a casual mention of anon. FTP or how
to use UUCP (multi hop) to retrieve files from an ANON FTP SITE.

Can someone help me here, or am I expecting something that can not be done.

(ie I would like to FTP the windows frontend that everyone is talking about, 
but I have not been able to learn how to do it from waffle.

Thanks

Doug


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Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: Archive-Server Requests to Halcyon.COM
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 22:07:01 GMT

larry@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US (Lawrence T. Hardiman) writes:

>You can use ftpmail@remote.halcyon.com, a DOS box with DOS Waffle and WFS.
>WFS is considerably more forgiving on command syntax than the MBAS on halcyon.com.
>Say: "help" in the message body. Don't worry about signatures, case, column position.

>Last I heard, everything on halcyon.com is available at remote.halcyon.com.
>Izzat it, Ralph? :-)

Almost.  We're about two weeks behind halcyon, due to a problem in
a script file, but should be a 'true' mirror very soon.  Also, it
is a misnomer to call it ftpmail, as there's not ftp involved.
Mail to mailserv, or archive-server, or... will suffice.  I'd rather
folks use halcyon for archive-server mail requests and remote for
anonymous uucp, but I'm not going to turn anyone away.

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                 P.O. Box 555, Grapeview, WA 98546-0555, USA
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