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From: heff@flnexus.ATT.COM (Paul K Heffner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.mail.uucp,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: HDB UUCP fails on AT&T 3B2/310
Message-ID: <139@flnexus.ATT.COM>
Date: 22 Dec 87 03:03:11 GMT
References: <75@quincy.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T-IS, Orlando, FL
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in article <75@quincy.UUCP>, lenny@quincy.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) says:
> Has anyone else experienced problems with HoneyDanBer UUCP running on
> an AT&T 3B2/310, Version 3.0 of the operating system?  I have noticed
> the following quite frequently:
> 	1.	Sending compressed binaries (16-bit compression) with
> 		Penril modem 8216 from an AT&T 3B2 to another AT&T 3B2
> 		long distance, I receive the imfamous:
> 			CONVERSATION FAILED 
> 			IN SEND/SLAVE MODE INPUT FAILURE

I only have seen this litle goodie pop up on our 3b2's when the
size of the file being sent exceeds the ulimit of that allowed
for the login 'nuucp' or whatever is being sent. Obviously this is
a problem for the receiving machine as if you already have the file
on your machine you have no problems there. If this is your problem, 
there is a tunable parameter in Release 3 to bump up the ulimit globally.
Other hacks are available to set ulimits on a by-user basis.





Paul Heffner
ATT-Orlando