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From: ncreed@ndsuvax.UUCP (Walter Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Handshake terminal emulator
Message-ID: <747@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 88 17:35:15 GMT
References: <4096@cup.portal.com> <3730@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: ncreed@ndsuvax.UUCP (Walter Reed)
Organization: North Dakota State University  Fargo, ND
Lines: 44

In article <3730@watcgl.waterloo.edu> rmariani@watmum.waterloo.edu (Rico Mariani) writes:
}You seem to have the same problem that I had, there's nothing wrong with
}the posting really.  The only problem is that the .uu.1, .uu.2, and
}.uu.3 files had this nice message at the top of the file telling you to
}delete this line and then join it with whatever.  The problem is that
}they also had a similar line at the bottom of the file which I failed to
}noticed (and I bet you did too).  To the moderatores.  Don't do me any
}favours with handy dandy messages that are a pain in the *@#$@# and just
}tell me something obvious.  If you want to do me a favour then make a
No, please keep adding these lines at the bottom...  Us unfortunate
people on BITNET have this (&*^^*& bug that TRUNCATES FILES!!!  We
lose the last line or two in files OFTEN!!!  
BITNET FLAME ON ***
Alright guys, I've let my sysadmin know about this but so far, nothing has
been done about it yet.  BITNET also wraps lines or just plain truncates
them.  Our site has no choice but to use bitnet due to the fact that it
is an underfunded state university in nowheres ville.  We don't have the
money to call uunet for much (we do mail through it though.)  Maybe files
should be encoded so that they come through un-damaged (I'm talking BITNET
to BITNET and not the whole net.)  Why is BITNET so set on PUNCH CARD
technology????  Tabs expanded to spaces, trailing spaces chopped, files
strangely truncated, lines wrapped or cut at 80 columns, this has
GOT to be FIXED.  We also lose files!  It is REALLY irritating to have
only 2 parts of a 3 part posting make it through this MESS OF A NETWORK.
*** flame off (I've calmed down somewhat.)
Moderators: I wouldn't mind if you posted everything in uuencoded zoo!
It would allow me to get files accurately.  There would probably be too much
opposition to this however. How about a vote?

}little shell script that joins the three and uudecodes them.  If you
}don't put junk and/or extra newlines at the beginning and end it's much
}less painful for us to unpack them.
}
}        -Rico
I always check the top and bottom of EVERY file that comes over the net
(OK, only sources and binaries...)  I think it should be standard
procedure...  When you buy a house, you always look at the basement and
the attic... (so what if that doesn't make sense? :-))

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