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Re: Line wrapping in lugnet.cad.dat files
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 07:38:47 GMT
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 06:48:45 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
wrote:
> legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) writes:
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> > Todd,
> >
> > I just noticed that the system seems to be wrapping long lines in dat
> > files.
> > After posting two small dat's I tested them and found that the last
> > line of one of them would not render, so I checked it out. The
> > original file is OK, but the lugnet version is wrapped. See:
> > http://lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.cad.dat:50
> >
> > Any chance of fixing the code so it keeps lines intact?
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> Nope. lugnet.cad.dat:50 was posted through your newsreader rather than the
> web interface or the e-mail gateway. (The 'X-Nntp-Posting-Host' header says
> 146.phoenix-05-10rs.az.dial-access.att.net rather than
> http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/ or a gateway address), so the problem is at
> your end. You seem to be using Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235, so go to the
> Options/Posting_Preferences dialog and set the Line Length field to 999
> before posting .dat content -- then set it back to 76 or whatever you have
> it set to normally.
You mean it's _MY_ problem? :-)
Thanks, I will fix that lickety-split.
> > Related question, can posters cancel messages?
> > I hit "Cancel Usenet Message" in Free Agent, but all it seems to do is
> > want to post a message with "cancel" in the subject line. Will this
> > work, or will it just post a new message? I chose not to send it, BTW.
> > I thought I might be able to cancel the offending post, delete some
> > excess zeros in that last line, and repost so it is not line-wrapped.
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> Yup, that's how newsreaders cancel things -- they send a special control
> message inside a new article and the server figures out what to do.
OK, I will try canceling and resubmitting the file.
Thanks again,
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Nope. lugnet.cad.dat:50 was posted through your newsreader rather than the web interface or the e-mail gateway. (The 'X-Nntp-Posting-Host' header says 146.phoenix-05-10rs....ss.att.net rather than (URL) or a gateway address), so the problem is (...) (28 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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