Re: Souper95 email problem

From: Michael Raiteri (mraiteri@dyson.brisnet.org.au)
Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 14:55:03 +1100

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.

This is what I already do but I just wanted to know if there was a
way of automatically importing an aborted email download the same way
an aborted newsgroup is imported.

At present I use a batch file of
souper95 -n
import u

this works as I mentioned above.

Do you or anyone else know if there is a fix or alternatively is it
possible to alter the batch file so that it will search for the
presence of an areas. file and if there is one then just progress
to import -u, but if there isn't an areas. file then copy one (which
I have safely in another location on my HD) and then proceed to
import -u.

Any great batch file writers out there.

Cheers
Mike

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