Subj : Messages too long?
To   : Peter Knapper
From : Jerry Schwartz
Date : Wed Feb 08 2006 06:23 pm

Hello, Peter...

Feb 07, 2006 at 19:54, Peter Knapper wrote to Jerry Schwartz:


 PK>> Are you using SQUISH or SQ386?

 JS>> SQ386 in a .BAT file under Windows XP. I haven't tried 
 JS>> changing the file to a .CMD file, but I doubt that 
 JS>> would do it.

 PK> No, that should be fine then. Do you know what size the messages are 
 PK> that are being trapped? About the only thing I can think of causing 
 PK> this are messages larger than 64KB, but its unusual that no-one else 
 PK> is mentioning them.

 PK> About the only other thing I can think of is that something is 
 PK> corrupt. Possibly the executable, or a Message base, or perhaps the 
 PK> packet itself. Does something like INSPECTA complain about the packet 
 PK> or its contents?

I have never used INSPECTA. So far as I can tell, Squish simply skips the 
oversized message and tosses the rest of the package. It doesn't bark about 
anything other than to say

# 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH Tossing/scanning msgs from . (secure)
* 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH  43e82a7e.Pkt, 02/06/06, 23:05:01, by ff 1.04
- 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH  Orig=1:106/1.0, Dest=1:142/928.0, Type=2+
! 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH Msg too long to toss:  skipping to next msg.
! 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH Packet contains long msg:  renamed to .\43e82a7e.LNG
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH    BATPOWER       (Toss=0001  Sent=0001)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH    COFFEE_KLATSCH (Toss=0002  Sent=0008)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH    MBSE           (Toss=0002  Sent=0006)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH    MENSA          (Toss=0001  Sent=0001)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH    POL_INC        (Toss=0003  Sent=0006)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH    STATS          (Toss=0002  Sent=0004)
: 07 Feb 00:04:10 SQSH    WIN95          (Toss=0001  Sent=0001)

Regards,

Jerry Schwartz

mailto:jerryschwartz@comfortable.com
http://www.writebynight.com

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