Hello everybody.

I have downloaded a QWKE packet from my BBS and tried to read it with
my MultiMail for Mac, but when it tries to open the file the MultiMail
crashes and it goes back to the Terminal prompt.

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using Windows, but
would anyone have any recommendations? As we don't have a specific
forum for offline mail readers, I thought this one here would suffice :)

Flavio

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Quoting Flavio Bessa to All at 09-12-16 11:18 <=-

Hello everybody.

I have downloaded a QWKE packet from my BBS and tried to read
it with my MultiMail for Mac, but when it tries to open the
file the MultiMail crashes and it goes back to the Terminal
prompt.
I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using
Windows, but would anyone have any recommendations? As we don't
have a specific forum for offline mail readers, I thought this
one here would suffice :)

Try another reader, like Bluewave or OLX on DosBox. ;-)


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Hello Mauro.

12 Sep 16 13:48, you wrote to me:

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using
Windows, but would anyone have any recommendations? As we don't
have a specific forum for offline mail readers, I thought this
one here would suffice :)

Try another reader, like Bluewave or OLX on DosBox. ;-)

That's my plan, but I need a reader that's QWKE-compatible...
BlueWave is not QWKE-compatible. ;(

Flavio

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Re: QWKE
By: Flavio Bessa to All on Mon Sep 12 2016 11:18 am

Hello everybody.

Hi Flavio.

I have downloaded a QWKE packet from my BBS and tried to read it with
my MultiMail for Mac, but when it tries to open the file the MultiMail crashes and it goes back to the Terminal prompt.

I have seen that to occationally. We'll have to see if we can figure out what the problem is and then a fix shouldn't be too hard.

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using Windows, but
would anyone have any recommendations? As we don't have a specific
forum for offline mail readers, I thought this one here would suffice
:)

I did get and replied to your net mail about the OFFLINE area. Did you get it? Maybe I'll resend it directly to your node.

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Re: QWKE
By: Alan Ianson to Flavio Bessa on Mon Sep 12 2016 01:28 pm

I did get and replied to your net mail about the OFFLINE area. Did you get it? Maybe I'll resend it directly to your node.

I did resend that netmail directly to your node. It might be in your insecure inbound.. :)

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Hello Flavio!

In a message to All <09/12/20> Flavio Bessa wrote:

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using
Windows, but would anyone have any recommendations? As we
don't have a specific forum for offline mail readers, I
thought this one here would suffice :)

Do you have the appropriate archiver installed on your Mac?

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Quoting Flavio Bessa to All on 09-12-16 11:21 <=-

Hello everybody.

I have downloaded a QWKE packet from my BBS and tried to read
it with my MultiMail for Mac, but when it tries to open the
file the MultiMail crashes and it goes back to the Terminal
prompt.

If I recall correctly, you are using Mystic? We found that the indexes generated by that built-in offline door are bad, and the messages don't
load correctly into my Bluewave reader. If Multimail has a place to
configure it, set it so it will build indexes.... That might help.

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using
Windows, but would anyone have any recommendations? As we don't
have a specific forum for offline mail readers, I thought this
one here would suffice :)

There actually is (or at least was) one for offline mail readers, but
I've not seen any traffic in it for ages (and even then it was
sporadic)... so this probably is as good a place as any... ;)

ttyl neb

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MV > Try another reader, like Bluewave or OLX on DosBox. ;-)
└───··
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FB > That's my plan, but I need a reader that's QWKE-compatible...
FB > BlueWave is not QWKE-compatible. ;(
└───··

OLX? Uniqwk?

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OLX? Uniqwk?

Not sure about OLX. Originally put out by Mustang Software (who also
did the SLMR (Silly Little Mail Reader) QWK Reader, and Wildcat BBS
software), I don't think OLX is registerable anymore. I was lucky enough
to register my copy several years ago. I'm running it in a DOS window
under Windows 7 32-bit.

I was using Multi-Mail for a time, but went back to OLX, as the only
real benefits I saw with MM were longer taglines, and where you could
import text via Windows Notepad. I can make it work with shorter
taglines, and rarely used the text import feature.

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to MAURO VEIGA <=-

OLX? Uniqwk?

Not sure about OLX. Originally put out by Mustang Software (who also
did the SLMR (Silly Little Mail Reader) QWK Reader, and Wildcat BBS software), I don't think OLX is registerable anymore. I was lucky
enough to register my copy several years ago. I'm running it in a DOS window under Windows 7 32-bit.

I was using Multi-Mail for a time, but went back to OLX, as the only real benefits I saw with MM were longer taglines, and where you could import text via Windows Notepad. I can make it work with shorter
taglines, and rarely used the text import feature.

I tried OLXTD when I first got back into BBS's, cause that's what I used
years ago, but it didn't 'look and feel' like it used to. :-)

I'm using Multi-Mail now. Not 100% happy with it, but it works. What I
REALLY wish is that I had one that is MAC native.


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-= > Quoting Daryl Stout to Mauro Veiga at 09-14-16 18:03 <=-
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┌───··
MV > OLX? Uniqwk?
└───··
┌───··
DS > Not sure about OLX. Originally put out by Mustang Software (who also
DS > did the SLMR (Silly Little Mail Reader) QWK Reader, and Wildcat BBS
DS > software), I don't think OLX is registerable anymore. I was lucky
DS > enough to register my copy several years ago. I'm running it in a DOS
DS > window under Windows 7 32-bit.
└───··

Register old programs is a problem.
Good program was lost because of it.

┌───··
DS > I was using Multi-Mail for a time, but went back to OLX, as the only
DS > real benefits I saw with MM were longer taglines, and where you could
DS > import text via Windows Notepad. I can make it work with shorter
DS > taglines, and rarely used the text import feature.
└───··

MultiMail works well for most use.
But I'm big fan of Bluewave. :-)


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Re: Re: QWKE
By: JIMMY ANDERSON to DARYL STOUT on Thu Sep 15 2016 09:36 am

I'm using Multi-Mail now. Not 100% happy with it, but it works. What I REALLY wish is that I had one that is MAC native.

There is an OSX version of MultiMail. There are different architectures
for the Mac though, so maybe it was never compiled on one or the other.

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Alan Ianson wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

I'm using Multi-Mail now. Not 100% happy with it, but it works. What I REALLY wish is that I had one that is MAC native.

There is an OSX version of MultiMail. There are different architectures for the Mac though, so maybe it was never compiled on one or the other.

Yeah - but I never could edit replies! :-)

Plus - and yes, I know I'm asking for the moon here - it would be nice if
it were at least something that LOOKED MAC native and not just 'terminal.'
:-)



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Hello Robert.

12 Sep 16 19:33, you wrote to me:

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using
Windows, but would anyone have any recommendations? As we
don't have a specific forum for offline mail readers, I
thought this one here would suffice :)

Do you have the appropriate archiver installed on your Mac?

I am running MultiMail on MacOS, so I have the following configs:

- Compress using zip -jkq
- Uncompress using unzip -joLq

Flavio

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Hello Alan!

In a message to Jimmy Anderson <09/15/20> Alan Ianson wrote:

There is an OSX version of MultiMail. There are different
architectures for the Mac though, so maybe it was never
compiled on one or the other.

Yeah, I've compiled 0.50 for the Intel Macs (and Windows and OS/2
*smiles*) and as such it's available for download on my main
system at winserver.org.

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Hello Flavio!

In a message to Robert Wolfe <09/17/20> Flavio Bessa wrote:

I am running MultiMail on MacOS, so I have the following
configs:

- Compress using zip -jkq
- Uncompress using unzip -joLq

Assuming that these are the default settings from when MultiMail
was installed?

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Robert Wolfe wrote to Alan Ianson <=-

Yeah, I've compiled 0.50 for the Intel Macs (and Windows and OS/2 *smiles*) and as such it's available for download on my main
system at winserver.org.

What was changed/fixed in .50?

Kev

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Not sure about OLX. Originally put out by Mustang Software (who also
did the SLMR (Silly Little Mail Reader) QWK Reader, and Wildcat BBS software), I don't think OLX is registerable anymore. I was lucky enough
to register my copy several years ago. I'm running it in a DOS window
under Windows 7 32-bit.

Yes you can buy it thru santronics, its purchasable but its not
supported for 25 bucks.
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Hello Robert.

17 Sep 16 07:48, you wrote to me:

I am running MultiMail on MacOS, so I have the following
configs:

- Compress using zip -jkq
- Uncompress using unzip -joLq

Assuming that these are the default settings from when MultiMail
was installed?

I think so, but it has worked ever since. I must have been
able to open more than a hundred QWK files without issues
with this setting...

Flavio

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Hello Matthew.

17 Sep 16 23:31, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

was lucky enough -> to register my copy several years ago. I'm running
it in a DOS window -> under Windows 7 32-bit. Yes you can buy it thru santronics, its purchasable but its not supported for 25 bucks.

I have recently purchased a copy of it - Have an interesting
story about it to share later on. ;)

Flavio

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I have recently purchased a copy of it - Have an interesting
story about it to share later on. ;)

did the program run ok?
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Alan Ianson wrote to Flavio Bessa <=-

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using Windows, but
would anyone have any recommendations? As we don't have a specific
forum for offline mail readers, I thought this one here would suffice
:)

I did get and replied to your net mail about the OFFLINE area. Did you
get it? Maybe I'll resend it directly to your node.

I am getting it now, but it's been a couple of weeks since our last event. Are
you experiencing problems?



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Robert Wolfe wrote to Flavio Bessa <=-

Hello Flavio!

In a message to All <09/12/20> Flavio Bessa wrote:

I'll try to install a Windows VM here to open it using
Windows, but would anyone have any recommendations? As we
don't have a specific forum for offline mail readers, I
thought this one here would suffice :)

Do you have the appropriate archiver installed on your Mac?

Yes, I use zip and unzip.

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and prosper... `-.__________,' Always UnionNET Addicted!


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NANCY BACKUS wrote to FLAVIO BESSA <=-

I have downloaded a QWKE packet from my BBS and tried to read
it with my MultiMail for Mac, but when it tries to open the
file the MultiMail crashes and it goes back to the Terminal
prompt.

If I recall correctly, you are using Mystic? We found that the indexes generated by that built-in offline door are bad, and the messages don't load correctly into my Bluewave reader. If Multimail has a place to configure it, set it so it will build indexes.... That might help.

Thanks, I'll take a look into it.

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and prosper... `-.__________,' Always UnionNET Addicted!


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Mauro Veiga wrote to FLAVIO BESSA <=-

FB > That's my plan, but I need a reader that's QWKE-compatible...
FB > BlueWave is not QWKE-compatible. ;(

OLX? Uniqwk?

None of them are QWKE-compatible. ;(

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Robert Wolfe wrote to Flavio Bessa <=-

I am running MultiMail on MacOS, so I have the following
configs:

- Compress using zip -jkq
- Uncompress using unzip -joLq

Assuming that these are the default settings from when MultiMail
was installed?

Right. :)

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Matthew Munson wrote to Flavio Bessa <=-

did the program run ok?

It did run OK into my Windows XP VM, but the interface is so Windows 3.11 that
I simply couldn't use it. :(



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Do you have the appropriate archiver installed on your Mac?

Yes, I use zip and unzip.

Hmm, odd indeed.

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OLX? Uniqwk?

None of them are QWKE-compatible. ;(

MultiMail is.

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Do you have the appropriate archiver installed on your Mac?

Yes, I use zip and unzip.

Hmm, odd indeed.
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OLX? Uniqwk?

None of them are QWKE-compatible. ;(

MultiMail is.
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