Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cunyvm!unknown
From: rrk@byuvax.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: ALLIN1 NBS text format identifier.
Message-ID: <111rrk@byuvax.bitnet>
Date: 25 Apr 88 16:27:03 GMT
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I have a DSAB and callable editor added to the OAET.MAR file to be used
as the default editor in ALLIN1.  But I am having trouble sending mail between
network nodes.  The problem is related to the NBS identifier number I assigned
to the text format (non-ascii and non-DEC) associated with the DSAB.  Symptoms
are as follows:

I assign a value also assigned to another type in the file, and ALLIN1 crashes
and burns trying to read a received message.

I assign a value out of the range of types assigned by DEC, and the allin1
mail fetcher hangs trying to bring the message into allin1.

I assign a value in the range of types assigned by DEC but currently not
in use on the nodes, and allin1 correctly sends and receives the message.
But I can't find a value in the range that works that isn't being used by
some nodes.

DEC says there is a bug in Allin1 2.1 and 2.2 which causes the last entries
in the tables in OAET to have problems, so we tried putting dummy entries
after it, but that didn't work.  My question is, why does DEC bother to
use NBS codes, if they crash and burn on anything but their own codes?
Am I doing something wrong?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

                                AMMON::RAY