I am configuring MultiMail to use it with Linux, but I am experiencing an
error message when I try to uncompress the packet (I am using zip/unzip as
the archiver)

I am using the default zip/unzip commands at the .mmailrc file. Is that something that I need to change?

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Re: MultiMail under Linux
By: Flavio Bessa to All on Sun Mar 29 2020 15:08:11

I am using the default zip/unzip commands at the .mmailrc
file. Is that something that I need to change?

i have this in my .mmailrc... not sure if it is default or not... i've not seen
problems so far...

# Decompression commands (must include an option to junk/discard paths!) arjUncompressCommand: arj e
zipUncompressCommand: unzip -joLq
lhaUncompressCommand: lha efi
rarUncompressCommand: rar e -cl -o+ -inul
tarUncompressCommand: tar zxf
unknownUncompressCommand: xxuncompress

# Compression commands (must include an option to junk/discard paths!) arjCompressCommand: arj a -e
zipCompressCommand: zip -jkq
lhaCompressCommand: lha af
rarCompressCommand: rar u -ep -inul
tarCompressCommand: tar zcf
unknownCompressCommand: xxcompress



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Flavio Bessa wrote to All <=-

I am configuring MultiMail to use it with Linux, but I am
experiencing an error message when I try to uncompress the packet
(I am using zip/unzip as the archiver)

What error message...? Are your zip/unzip commands functional
from a normal command line?

I am using the default zip/unzip commands at the .mmailrc file.
Is that something that I need to change?

Those commands in my .mmailrc file are default and work fine.



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Hello mark.

29 Mar 20 11:25, you wrote to me:

I am using the default zip/unzip commands at the .mmailrc
file. Is that something that I need to change?

i have this in my .mmailrc... not sure if it is default or not... i've
not seen problems so far...

zipUncompressCommand: unzip -joLq
zipCompressCommand: zip -jkq

Yeah, those are the defaults, they are the same I have here.

The error message I get is:

"End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the centra directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive."

Flavio

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Hello Dan.

29 Mar 20 15:43, you wrote to me:

What error message...? Are your zip/unzip commands functional
from a normal command line?

Yes, I can execute zip and unzip from a normal command line.

I am using the default zip/unzip commands at the .mmailrc file.
Is that something that I need to change?

Those commands in my .mmailrc file are default and work fine.

That's weird.

Flavio

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Flavio Bessa wrote to mark lewis <=-

I am using the default zip/unzip commands at the .mmailrc
file. Is that something that I need to change?

i have this in my .mmailrc... not sure if it is default or not... i've
not seen problems so far...

zipUncompressCommand: unzip -joLq
zipCompressCommand: zip -jkq

Yeah, those are the defaults, they are the same I have
here.

The error message I get is:

"End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file
is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part
archive. In the latter case the centra directory and zipfile
comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive."

Sounds like the QWK packet you are trying to open is not a ZIP
file... On the BBS you're getting the QWK packet from, go into
the "packet configuration" menu and make sure the archive type is
set to "ZIP".



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Re: MultiMail under Linux
By: Flavio Bessa to mark lewis on Mon Mar 30 2020 01:04:08

zipUncompressCommand: unzip -joLq
zipCompressCommand: zip -jkq

Yeah, those are the defaults, they are the same I have here.

ok, good...

The error message I get is:

"End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not

you have a flawed zip file, then... there is little recourse other than to download another one that is hopefully complete...

another question, though, is what is the BBS using to zip with and are those zip parameters correct?

then there's the question of the zip file's size... if the BBS is older, it may
have a limit on the size of the zip file... depending on the number of messages
the system selected to pack for you, this may have driven the size of the zip over the limit...


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Hello mark.

30 Mar 20 09:55, you wrote to me:

"End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file
is not

you have a flawed zip file, then... there is little recourse other
than to download another one that is hopefully complete...

then there's the question of the zip file's size... if the BBS is
older, it may have a limit on the size of the zip file... depending on
the number of messages the system selected to pack for you, this may
have driven the size of the zip over the limit...

You guys were right: I downloaded a smaller QWK file from the
BBS and all went fine.

Thanks a lot!

Flavio

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Re: MultiMail under Linux
By: Flavio Bessa to mark lewis on Sun Apr 05 2020 16:35:32

then there's the question of the zip file's size... if the BBS is
older, it may have a limit on the size of the zip file... depending on
the number of messages the system selected to pack for you, this may
have driven the size of the zip over the limit...

You guys were right: I downloaded a smaller QWK file from the
BBS and all went fine.

glad to be of service ;)


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