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Re: Error in 71427.dat
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lugnet.cad
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Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:24:57 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 06:32:10 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K)
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> On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 03:20:31 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@msn.com> wrote:
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> I get errors like this all the time in the new parts. I had to make
> it a habit of visually scanning each part file submitted to me just
> for that reason.
> I am sure that it is not the authors fault. Long lines have a
> tendency to get wrapped in various ways.
> I remember I always had a real hard time with Tom Burger's parts -
> somehow, his system and mine always seemed to conflict. Just about
> every part he would send me would get mangled. And since his piece
> code looked virtually the same as anyone else's, I just assumed that
> something between he and I was screwing it up.
I'm probably as big an offender as anyone. Something part-authors
should do (besides running their files through LDLite -G and L3P before
submitting them) is to either turn off line-wrapping in their e-mail
program when sending Terry parts, or send the part-file as a MIME
attachment.
Steve
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| (...) Lately, I haven't been having too many problems. That I can recall anyway. (inside joke to Steve <g>) But you're right about it being better to send as an attachment. Personally, I like zip files as an attachment. Those seem to be pretty (...) (28 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Error in 71427.dat
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| On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 03:20:31 GMT, "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@msn.com> wrote: I get errors like this all the time in the new parts. I had to make it a habit of visually scanning each part file submitted to me just for that reason. I am sure (...) (28 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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