--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4K00000 Date: 04/15/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 07:56pm \/To: DANE KNUDSON (Read 4 times) Subj: System freezes DK>JH>Dane, DK>JH> Do you have a ramfiles.bbs in your Ry configuration? DK>JH>-Jim- DK>JH> DK>No, I only load 4 menus and that's it. DK>Dane That's the other thing I meant to ask, then you're loading a menus.bbs file? Have you tried taking it out and seeing what happens? When I started my bbs 6 years ago I startede on a 8088 with 2 3.5" drives and no hard drive so I used a ramfiles.bbs and a menus.bbs for speed's sake. Left it in my configuration long after upgrading to a 386 and when I finally went to 2 lines and running under Desqview, that little bit of RAM it took up became needed and I had a similiar problem . deleting the ramfiles.bbs and menus.bbs solved the problem. Jim --- SLMR 2.1a REAL Men shoot STANDING Offhand! --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4K00001 Date: 04/16/95 From: DANE KNUDSON Time: 12:55am \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 4 times) Subj: System freezes JH> JH> JH> JH>That's the other thing I meant to ask, then you're loading a menus.bbs JH>file? Have you tried taking it out and seeing what happens? When I JH>started my bbs 6 years ago I startede on a 8088 with 2 3.5" drives and JH>no hard drive so I used a ramfiles.bbs and a menus.bbs for speed's sake. JH>Left it in my configuration long after upgrading to a 386 and when I JH>finally went to 2 lines and running under Desqview, that little bit of JH>RAM it took up became needed and I had a similiar problem . deleting JH>the ramfiles.bbs and menus.bbs solved the problem. JH>Jim JH> JH>--- JH> SLMR 2.1a REAL Men shoot STANDING Offhand! Well now the system is locking up when it looks for new messages at logon. I took out the menus.bbs, and I have never run the ramfiles.bbs. There isn't anything else to do. I guess I will try QEMM tomorrow and see if it is a memory thing, but I have 189,xxx available now, so that shouldn't be it. I am considering running it of Windows to see if I can gain more memory that way too. Besides I would like to run remote access and I need windows installed. Dane --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4L00000 Date: 04/14/95 From: BILL MITCHELL Time: 10:40am \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: New Message switch cc:GREG@EXECPC.COM GR>> contact users via email. My request, like Bobby's, is to enable in some GR>way GR>> that users have to scan the email base for new messages even if QUERY GR>MAIL is GR>> on. GR>> GR>please go into detail on exactly how you feel this new capability should GR>work...i really don't get what you are requesting. GR>greg OK, simply logon RyBBS and see where the user gets the option to skip the new message scan (startup.bbs's option QUERY MAIL enables this). I just did this in local mode using a test name "Wally Po", here's a snapshot of the screen: User Profile Name: WALLY PO Calling From: Fort Lee Last On: 12/11/94 00:02:08 # Uploads: 0 UL K: 0 # Downloads: 0 DL K: 0 Today's K Left: 1024 K # Times On: 68 Expert Mode: Off Graphics: ANSI/Color Xfer Protocol: Ext Proto # -100 Hello Wally Po! Today is Friday, April 14,1995. The last time you stumbled into The Right Place was 12/11/94 00:02:08 This is your # 69 call. Check for new messages? (Y/n) - ************END OF SCREEN SNAPSHOT******* As you can see above, using QUERY MAIL offers the caller the option to skip searching new mail, if he selects NO he is not going to search any mail, that's good if he (or she) isn't interested in the thousands of echomail messages sitting here, BUT, selecting NO at this point eliminates a new mail search in the EMAIL base(s) also. EMAIL at most has only a few hundred messages, including messages from me as sysop attempting to contact them in the EMAIL base. What this causes is an inability to contact most users with an EMAIL message from the Sysop. The only workaround this I see right now is this, either we have to turn off the QUERY MAIL option when we want to contact a user (DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF QUERY MAIL), change their security to one that forces them to a special menu where they have to read the message (ROYAL PAIN in the butt) or a third solution which only you could do. And that is, in some way, possibly a QUERY OTHERMAIL option, where the user does not get the option to skip the new message search until AFTER the email base new message search and before the other mail search (non-email bases). This would allow RyBBS to search the email bases for new mail before the user has a chance to skip the search. Bill --- RyPacker v2.5a * Origin: The Right Place V.34 DS RyBBS 201-947-8231 (1:2604/539) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4L00001 Date: 04/14/95 From: BILL MITCHELL Time: 05:55pm \/To: ROBERT FORGIONE (Read 6 times) Subj: Rypacker 2.7b > I am not up on squish. I looked at it and looked at Gecho. > Gecho does everything I need including using multi zones in > passthru > with out a hitch. So I have no need to multi zone rypacker. > As long as the Zone is in, or added in the nodelist Gecho > has no problems at all multizoning. Are you creating netmail *.MSG files using RYBBS, something I have never set up because I have a homebrew gizmo that takes care of zones, including zonegating mail. Rypacker 2.7 creates bad PATH lines. But I haven't tried it for othernets, which is what Jim is talking about. Rypacker does create a INTL kludge line, it doesn't make MSGIDs. As for a RyPACKER re-write, I haven't had much time. Argh!! Jim, if you are reading this anytime you send me netmail it's usually duped and at least one of the messages has a wierd zone number. --- * Origin: V.34 @The Verplank Point Somewhere in NY/NJ (1:2604/539.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4L00002 Date: 04/16/95 From: ROBERT FORGIONE Time: 05:42pm \/To: MICHEL VAILLANCOURT (Read 5 times) Subj: Gecho MV>RF:Gecho does everything I need including using multi zones in passthru MV>RF:with out a hitch. So I have no need to multi zone rypacker. MV>RF: As long as the Zone is in, or added in the nodelist Gecho MV>RF:has no problems at all multizoning. MV> MV> Hi there! Can you tell me where I can get a copy of Gecho for MV> FREQ? I am setting up new toys and need a copy. Thanks! Feel free to FREQ it from me, I will make the available for you to FREQ. I suggest you uuse NODE 1:278/3010 as thats the node I have my 24k modem on. Node 278/320 has a 9600 baud modem on it. --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4N00000 Date: 04/17/95 From: ROBERT FORGIONE Time: 08:38am \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 4 times) Subj: New Message switch GR>Give me a suggestion on what you would like this to do...i'm willing to GR>put it in if several sysops will use it GR>greg Well there are at lease two of us who want this, and I am sure there are more who will make good use of this if and when you make the changes. as you know I have been asking about this ever since you gave us the QUARY MAIL option.. Also I still have not had a reply from you about forcing on a QWK mail area.. --- SLMR 2.1a All wiyht. Rho sritched mg kegtops awound? --- RyPacker v2.5a * Origin: Thunderdome - New York City U.S.A. (212)-567-2509 (1:278/320) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4P00000 Date: 04/16/95 From: MICHEL VAILLANCOURT Time: 09:48am \/To: DANE KNUDSON (Read 4 times) Subj: Gecho DK:MV> Hi there! Can you tell me where I can get a copy of Gecho for DK:MV> FREQ? I am setting up new toys and need a copy. Thanks! DK:MV> DK:MV> * SLMR 2.1a * EVS -- You've Got a Problem? We'll Solve it! DK:MV>--- RyPacker v2.7b DK:MV> * Origin: MetroCity BBS (902)835-9766 (1:251/17) DK:MV> DK:If you get a copy, upload it here. I'll lok on the internet tonight. DK:Dane A friend of mine recommended Fast Echo to me. I am experimening with it, and if it worsk out I'll let you know and FSend you a copy. * SLMR 2.1a * Call The 'City. MetroCity BBS (902)835-9766 (1:251/17) --- RyPacker v2.7b * Origin: MetroCity BBS (902)835-9766 (1:251/17) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4P00001 Date: 04/18/95 From: MICHEL VAILLANCOURT Time: 07:29am \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 4 times) Subj: Bug Report Hi, Greg. Another sysop was complaining that they were suffering from a problem where the system suddenly starts ignoring the defined number of message lines when editing or importing a Fidonet message. My system started doing it about a week ago. I have been carefully tinkering with it to figure out what causes it, and the fix is to disable MENUS.BBS. I hope this helps you find the cause. Regards, Michel * SLMR 2.1a * All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here. --- RyPacker v2.7b * Origin: MetroCity BBS (902)835-9766 (1:251/17) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: C4P00002 Date: 04/18/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 04:18pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: zmodem & qwk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help! I've just switched my bbs over from my 386 sx 33mhz system to a 75 mhz Pentium. I tried to duplicaate everything pretty much exactly but so far one problem has surfaced. When a caller tries to download a qwk packet at speeds greater than 2400 it doesn't work. It does work fine at 2400 but at speeds greater than 2400 it acts like it can't find the airpower.qwk file. I haven't checked but assume this is the case for all file transfers, whether up or down, whether qwk or not, and perhaps for other protocols too. This is true for both nodes. Where do I look? -Jim- --- SLMR 2.1a If at first you don't succeed.....call it version 1.0 --- SLMR 2.1a NR] RAM DISK is not an installation procedure --- RyPacker v2.5a * Origin: The Right Place V.34 DS RyBBS 201-947-8231 (1:2604/539)