Re: Souper95 email problem

From: Michael Raiteri (mraiteri@dyson.brisnet.org.au)
Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 15:09:41 +1100

rks@ticc.com (R.K. Stephenson) wrote:
>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

Thanks. Actually I already do that. I just wanted to know if there
was a way to get souper or import or a batch file to do it
automatically for me just like it is done automatically with aborted
newsgroup downloads.

Cheers
Mike

>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.
>>
>>
>
>

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