Re: Souper95 email problem

From: R.K. Stephenson (rks@ticc.com)
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 18:30:33 -0700

I keep an ASCII file in my yarn directory with the following data in it:

0000000 Email mn

Name it area.mai or some such thing, and the next time your connection
aborts and leaves 0000000.MSG, simply copy area.mai to area and import.

--
R.K. Stephenson


In list.yarn Kevin Martin <cannon@nic.com> wrote:
>
>On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Michael Raiteri wrote:
>> 
>> However this is not the case with email.  If I lose my ISP
>> connection during an email download using souper -n, nothing
>> happens.  I am left with a file 000000.msg which I can do
>> nothing with.  reconnecting just overwrites this file but there 
>> seems no way to import it.
>
>When that happens, don't panic.  You can easily create an "areas" file
>that will make the .msg file importable.
>
>I don't remember how to do it offhand, but I do know it can be done. 
>Open up an existing packet and save its AREAS file off to the side
>"just in case."  The format is quite simple.
>
>