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From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: uucp and parity checking
Message-ID: <1125@wpg.com>
Date: 9 May 89 04:59:58 GMT
References: <1108@wpg.UUCP> <235@cheers.UUCP>
Organization: WP Group, POB 306, Metairie, LA 70004
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In article <1108@wpg.UUCP>, russ@wpg.UUCP (Russell Lawrence) writes:
> Unlike most systems that we communicate with, 'xyz' does parity
> checking on their ports.  Could this cause problems...

In article <235@cheers.UUCP>, exodus@cheers.UUCP (Greg Onufer) writes:
> The first thing to put in your expect-send sequence is:
> 	"" P_ZERO
> 	(expect nothing, set parity to none)
> or replace P_ZERO with P_ODD, P_EVEN, or P_ONE, whichever works.

I've heard that this has been incorporated into some uucp's but not
in ours.  However, the folks who run xyz have since provided information
that leads me to believe that the problem may stem from their TB+.
-- 
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
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