Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 07:52:10 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare 2.4b2 At 11:44 PM -0700 on 6/16/98, Mikael Hansen wrote: > Version 2.4b2 has been uploaded to > > <ftp://ftp.dnai.com/users/m/meh/AutoShare/Beta/> > I'm getting a "user anonymous access denied" error when trying to connect. Bill +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:18:32 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Re: Autoshare question revised At 9:36 PM -0700 on 6/16/98, Mikael Hansen wrote: > > >How do I make this script only run on certain lists? I want it to run on= ly > >for the SYAC and SYGS lists, and I want to send a different welcome messa= ge > >(named "FAQ.<list_name>"). > > Rather than have FAQ.<list_name> files, create a folder entitled FAQ > (inside the documents folder) and put documents inside having list names. > From {Email:"camelot.admin@lmco dot com", Ename:"Camelot Postmaster"} ¬ Subject ("Hello from Mailing List: " & kList) ¬ Body String ("You were subscribed on " & kRFCDate) ¬ Precedence "bulk" Body Header "Subscribed" Body File ("FAQ:" & kList) ¬ Body Footer "Thank you" Some more questions... 1) The string in Body String is never displayed. Any ideas? 2) What is Precendence "bulk" needed for? 3) The file is not showing up. I have the file located in a folder named =46AQ within the Docs folder. Any ideas? Thanks, Bill +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 06:56:59 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare 2.4b2 At 07:52 -0700 17/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: >> <ftp://ftp.dnai.com/users/m/meh/AutoShare/Beta/> > >I'm getting a "user anonymous access denied" error when trying to connect. dnai was most likely fine just a bit later.
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 06:58:41 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: More questions about Process Extender At 07:49 -0700 17/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: >> The remote subscribe is an administrative approach, so it's different. > >The whole reason I'm trying this process extender approach is because I >need to have the welcome message get sent when remote subscribes are done >(Autoshare already has a built-in function for sending welcome messages for >direct subscribes). I see. The subscribe command in remote administration by e-mail does not have a process extender hook. The only remote command that does is the system command. I'll look into that.
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:44:54 -0500 From: "Richard Petty" <rwvr90 at email.sps.mot dot com> Subject: Commands Type 10 Crashes . I moved from the 7200 to a 6100 (swapped hard disks.) Still crashing. Although I can't recall a direct correlation, I have experienced this problem since I went to SIMS and not while I used EIMS. --Richard
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 07:42:52 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Re: More questions about Process Extender At 6:58 AM -0700 on 6/18/98, Mikael Hansen wrote: > At 07:49 -0700 17/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: > > >> The remote subscribe is an administrative approach, so it's different. > > > >The whole reason I'm trying this process extender approach is because I > >need to have the welcome message get sent when remote subscribes are done > >(Autoshare already has a built-in function for sending welcome messages for > >direct subscribes). > > I see. The subscribe command in remote administration by e-mail does not > have a process extender hook. The only remote command that does is the > system command. I'll look into that. > Thanks. Bill +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 07:50:16 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare 2.4b2 At 6:56 AM -0700 on 6/18/98, Mikael Hansen wrote: > At 07:52 -0700 17/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: > > >> <ftp://ftp.dnai.com/users/m/meh/AutoShare/Beta/> > > > >I'm getting a "user anonymous access denied" error when trying to connect. > > dnai was most likely fine just a bit later. > I got that message all day. In fact, I'm still getting it this morning. I'm seeing the server, but the server isn't accepting anonymous connections. Keeps saying that too many users are already attached. What's the limit? One? ;) +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:03:15 -0500 From: "Richard Petty" <rwvr90 at email.sps.mot dot com> Subject: Cmds Type10 Crashes Definition . I just checked the techref on one of Apple's dev sites: ID=09 and ID=10 Line 1010 & 1111 Trap There are many routines in the Macintosh ROM that can be called by placing instructions in a program that aren't in the 68000's vocabulary. When the 68000 encounters such an instruction, it looks it up in the instruction table. This table gives the location of routines paired with each instruction. If it finds an entry in the table for the instruction, it branches to the routine. If there's no entry for the instruction, you see one of these errors. As a reminder, does this help? --Richard
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:21:11 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Help! I just upgraded from Autoshare 2.2 to 2.3 (I still cannot get the 2.4 beta), and now none of my lists appear to be working. All the files sent to autoshare are just sitting in the Filed Mail folder. Filed Mail folder: Camelot:Auto:Filed Mail: b1ae7985 b1ae7c1d I quit Autoshare and restart it, but they still are not being processed. What happened? What do I do to get Autoshare working again. Unfortunately I did not save Autoshare 2.2 (I never experienced problems with any of the previous upgrades, so I guess I got over-confident). Please help. My mailing lists are essentially dead until I can figure out what to do to fix this problem. Regards, Bill +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:53:40 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Need Autoshare 2.2 Would someone please e-mail me Autoshare 2.2? I'm desparate. I need to get these lists back up and running before they start coming for me with a rope. The _one_ time I delete the old version before testing the new version, and I run into this. <sigh> Please e-mail the PPC Autoshare application to camelot.admin at lmco dot com. Thanks in advance! Bill +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 18:33:43 +0100 From: Bill Bedford <billbpm at mousa.demon.co dot uk> Subject: Re:Commands Type 10 Crashes At 9:44 am -0500 18/06/98, Richard Petty wrote: ~. ~ ~ I moved from the 7200 to a 6100 (swapped hard disks.) ~ ~ Still crashing. ~ ~ Although I can't recall a direct correlation, I have experienced this ~problem since I went to SIMS and not while I used EIMS. ~ Run Norton/ disk first aid on that disk.............. Bill Bedford Owner Brit_Rail-L list for the history of railways in Britain Subscribe at autoshare at mousa.demon.co dot uk
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 18:36:52 +0100 From: Bill Bedford <billbpm at mousa.demon.co dot uk> Subject: Re:Help! At 8:21 am -0700 18/06/98, Camelot Administrator wrote: ~I just upgraded from Autoshare 2.2 to 2.3 (I still cannot get the 2.4 ~beta), and now none of my lists appear to be working. All the files sent ~to autoshare are just sitting in the Filed Mail folder. ~ ~Filed Mail folder: ~Camelot:Auto:Filed Mail: ~ b1ae7985 ~ b1ae7c1d ~ ~ ~I quit Autoshare and restart it, but they still are not being processed. ~What happened? What do I do to get Autoshare working again. Unfortunately ~I did not save Autoshare 2.2 (I never experienced problems with any of the ~previous upgrades, so I guess I got over-confident). Please help. My ~mailing lists are essentially dead until I can figure out what to do to fix ~this problem. Use Resedit to check that you have no invisible icon files anywhere in the Filed mail folder, and remove then. This is a problem you get id the disk has ever been shared. Bill Bedford Owner Brit_Rail-L list for the history of railways in Britain Subscribe at autoshare at mousa.demon.co dot uk
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:54:22 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare 2.4b2 At 07:50 -0700 18/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: >I got that message all day. In fact, I'm still getting it this morning. >I'm seeing the server, but the server isn't accepting anonymous >connections. Keeps saying that too many users are already attached. >What's the limit? One? ;) dnai seems fine to me. Has anyone else experienced problems? Would someone in the US like to be a mirror site for the betas? :-)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:56:59 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re:Commands Type 10 Crashes At 18:33 +0100 18/6/1998, Bill Bedford wrote: >~ I moved from the 7200 to a 6100 (swapped hard disks.) >~ >~ Still crashing. >Run Norton/ disk first aid on that disk.............. Yes, that disk has a problem! Have you tried another disk?
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:59:07 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: Autoshare question revised At 09:18 -0700 17/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: >Some more questions... Let's take further discussion to the autoshare-dev list :-)
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 01:39:13 -0400 From: Jonathan Shaw <jls4 at cwru dot edu> Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 18 Jun 1998 > 3. Commands Type 10 Crashes > "Richard Petty" <rwvr90 at email.sps.mot dot com> > Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:44:54 -0500 >Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:44:54 -0500 >From: "Richard Petty" <rwvr90 at email.sps.mot dot com> >Subject: Commands Type 10 Crashes > >. > > I moved from the 7200 to a 6100 (swapped hard disks.) > > Still crashing. > > Although I can't recall a direct correlation, I have experienced this >problem since I went to SIMS and not while I used EIMS. > > >--Richard This may or may not help, but try increasing the memory for SIMS. You may have tried this already. Be sure that you change this setting using CommuniGate Client and NOT via the Finder's get info window. If you have changed it through the Finder, it may be best to install a fresh copy of the SIMS application file, and then only use CommuniGate to change memory settings. Also, SIMS seems to be a little bit less likely to crash if you run it as a standard application rather than as a pseudo-system extension. Finally, SIMS doesn't handle large recipient lists too efficiently in terms of RAM requirements. Because of the way it processed new incoming messages, it may take from a fraction of a second to several minutes to process new incoming mail for your mailing list. I've complained about this many times on the SIMS mailing list, but I have never received word from Vlad that they will even consider fixing this. So basically, if you think your computer has crashed because it seems like the system is frozen--give it a few minutes and it may come back to life. This e-mail makes it sound like SIMS has many flaws. It does have some flaws, but I do still like it above the free version of EIMS. The commercial EIMS is very nice and is possibly more efficient than SIMS in many aspects. However, both programs have their pros and cons, so if you have time to try each, I highly recommend doing so. -Jonathan {;-) Visit <http://b62968.cwru.edu/> for a good laugh. There are 3 kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.
Date: 19 Jun 98 08:24:23 -0500 From: Chuck Boody <chuck_boody at hopkins.k12.mn dot us> Subject: Re: AutoShare 2.4b2 Mikael, I probably could set up a mail back account (using a neat piece of = software called Autoshare ;-> ) to return the beta to folks by e-mail if = that would be helpful. Contact me off list to discuss the details if this = seems a reasonable solution. Chuck Boody ============= Mikael Hansen wrote: >At 07:50 -0700 18/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: > >>I got that message all day. In fact, I'm still getting it this morning. >>I'm seeing the server, but the server isn't accepting anonymous >>connections. Keeps saying that too many users are already attached. >>What's the limit? One? ;) > >dnai seems fine to me. Has anyone else experienced problems? > >Would someone in the US like to be a mirror site for the betas? :-) > >** The AutoShare-Talk archives are at: >** <http://frutiger.staffs.ac.uk/autoshare/archives/AutoShare-Talk/> > >RFC822 header >----------------------------------- > >Return-Path: <bounce at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> >Received: from frutiger.staffs.ac.uk (194.66.172.10) by hopkins.k12.mn.us = with > ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.1); Thu, 18 Jun 1998 20:01:50 -0500 >Received: from mercury.dnai.com (207.181.194.99) by frutiger.staffs.ac.uk = with > ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.2a4); Fri, 19 Jun 1998 01:54:11 += 0100 >Received: from [207.181.206.20] (dnai-207-181-206-47.dialup.dnai.com = >[207.181.206.47]) > by mercury.dnai.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA12573 > for <autoshare-talk at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk>; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:53:44 = >-0700 (PDT) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >X-Sender: meh at pop.dnai dot com >In-Reply-To: <050824140462453592618 at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> >References: <399648183503736571779 at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> > <395126844792831284063 at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> > <788580285851265933589 at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> >Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:54:22 -0700 >Reply-To: autoshare-talk at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk (Subscribers of autoshare-= talk) >Errors-To: bounce at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk (AutoShare bounce account) >Precedence: bulk >List-Subscribe: <mailto:autoshare-talk-on at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:autoshare-talk-off at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> >X-List-Digest: = ><mailto:autoshare at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk?body=set%20autoshare-talk%= 20digest> >List-Archive: = ><mailto:autoshare at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk?body=index%20autoshare-talk> >List-Post: <mailto:autoshare-talk at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> >List-Owner: listmaster at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk (James Berriman) >List-Help: <http://www.dnai.com/~meh/autoshare/> >List-Software: AutoShare 2.4b2 by Mikael Hansen >X-To-Unsubscribe: autoshare at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk, body: unsub autoshare-= talk >To: autoshare-talk at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk (Subscribers of autoshare-talk) >From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> >Subject: Re: AutoShare 2.4b2 >Message-Id: <695582125732721175485 at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> >
Subject: 2.3 ignoring admin commands Date: Fri, 19 Jun 98 09:15:22 -0500 From: Jon & Janelle Gardner <jgardner at kairosnet dot com> OK, I'm on the list now. 2.3 won't accept any commands...subscribe/unsubscribe/review/etc. or even any admin commands with passwords. It grabs the mail from Filed Mail and moves it into the AutoShare application directory. I don't have any invisible icon files in the FM folder, and I've completely rebuilt my prefs from scratch. Mikael says that this is a known problem. Shall I retrograde to 2.2, or is the 2.4 beta stable enough to use, and if so, what do I need to do to get a copy? For the record, I'm running OS 8.1 (standard HFS) on a 6100/66 with 24Mb RAM. And I'd be willing to host an ftp mirror site. Somebody email me at work: <mailto:jon at ci.bryan.tx dot us> Thanks, Jon <>< Jon & Janelle Gardner <mailto:jgardner at kairosnet dot com> <AOLIM:DaGardners> Kairos Network Services <http://www.kairosnet.com/kairos/> ...as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15 NIV)
From: Laine Lee <LLee at utsa dot edu> Subject: RE: 2.3 ignoring admin commands Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:34:44 -0500 Hi Jon and Janelle, I believe the answer to this may be to use the Admin app to set the folder paths that cannot be set directly from the AutoShare app. Here is a previous posting to which I refer: Brian W. Ogilvie wrote: >If the folders aren't configured, incoming messages to the autoshare >account get moved from the Filed Mail folder to the folder containing >the AutoShare 2.3 application without being processed. Other messages >in the Filed Mail folder--to the autoreply address and list addresses-- >get processed normally. (I didn't test the poll account.) >From: Jon & Janelle Gardner >Subject: 2.3 ignoring admin commands > >OK, I'm on the list now. 2.3 won't accept any >commands...subscribe/unsubscribe/review/etc. or even any admin commands >with passwords. It grabs the mail from Filed Mail and moves it into the >AutoShare application directory.
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:06:12 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Re: Autoshare question revised At 5:59 PM -0700 on 6/18/98, Mikael Hansen wrote: > At 09:18 -0700 17/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: > > >Some more questions... > > Let's take further discussion to the autoshare-dev list :-) > Okay, but I'm not on that list. How can I get subscribed? Bill +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:09:31 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare 2.4b2 At 5:54 PM -0700 on 6/18/98, Mikael Hansen wrote: > At 07:50 -0700 18/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: > > >I got that message all day. In fact, I'm still getting it this morning. > >I'm seeing the server, but the server isn't accepting anonymous > >connections. Keeps saying that too many users are already attached. > >What's the limit? One? ;) > > dnai seems fine to me. Has anyone else experienced problems? > > Would someone in the US like to be a mirror site for the betas? :-) > Later yesterday afternoon, I was finally able to get onto the site. I then grabbed the latest beta, as well as 2.2. I quickly downgraded to 2.2, and everything was working again. I figured I'd let things work for awhile before upgrading to 2.4. :) Mikael, I would be happy to mirror the betas as well as the previous two versions at Pascal Central. If you are interested, please e-mail me at bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com. Autoshare is already featured on the PascalWare page, so having the full applications mirrored would be appropriate. Cheers! Bill PS: Let me know how to subscribe to that "other" dev autoshare list so I can continue posting questions. :) +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 17:19:03 +0100 From: James Berriman <J.R.Berriman at staffs.ac dot uk> Subject: AutoShare 2.4b2 available via http and email 2.4b2 is now available at <http://www.dcl.co.uk/MacOS/email/autoshare/AutoShare-2.4b2.sit.bin> or via email: <mailto:autoshare-software at dcl.co.uk?subject=AutoShare-2.4b2 dot sit> ( :-]) James
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:19:59 -0700 From: Camelot Administrator <camelot.admin at lmco dot com> Subject: Re: Help! At 6:36 PM +0100 on 6/18/98, Bill Bedford wrote: > At 8:21 am -0700 18/06/98, Camelot Administrator wrote: > > ~I just upgraded from Autoshare 2.2 to 2.3 (I still cannot get the 2.4 > ~beta), and now none of my lists appear to be working. All the files sent > ~to autoshare are just sitting in the Filed Mail folder. > ~ > ~Filed Mail folder: > ~Camelot:Auto:Filed Mail: > ~ b1ae7985 > ~ b1ae7c1d > ~ > ~ > ~I quit Autoshare and restart it, but they still are not being processed. > ~What happened? What do I do to get Autoshare working again. Unfortunately > ~I did not save Autoshare 2.2 (I never experienced problems with any of the > ~previous upgrades, so I guess I got over-confident). Please help. My > ~mailing lists are essentially dead until I can figure out what to do to fix > ~this problem. > > Use Resedit to check that you have no invisible icon files anywhere in the > Filed mail folder, and remove then. This is a problem you get id the disk > has ever been shared. > The invisible icon file was present, but this disk is always shared. Is this going to be a recurring problem? I thought this was an old problem introduced with OS 8 which has since then been fixed. It's curious that the problem did not exist with 2.2, but did with 2.3. I'm a little worried about moving to 2.4 right now. Bill +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Catambay, Software Developer, Web Geek | | Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Sunnyvale, CA | | WORK -> mailto:bill.m.catambay at lmco dot com | | HOME -> mailto:bill at catambay dot com | | | | Pascal Central -> http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central | | Macintosh Guild -> http://www.rahul.net/rrk/lmms/mac | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 18 Jun 1998 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 98 17:10:48 +0000 From: Franck Horlaville <fhlist at online.co dot ma> >I just upgraded from Autoshare 2.2 to 2.3 (I still cannot get the 2.4 >beta), and now none of my lists appear to be working. All the files sent >to autoshare are just sitting in the Filed Mail folder. > >Filed Mail folder: >Camelot:Auto:Filed Mail: > b1ae7985 > b1ae7c1d Check that the paths are correct, _all_ the paths, including the two found somewhere else that I can't remember Franck Horlaville, Technical Director - Athena Online s.a. Web site creation and hosting -- <http://www.athena.online.co.ma>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:11:01 -0500 From: "Richard Petty" <rwvr90 at email.sps.mot dot com> Subject: Esoteric Problem (was Command Crashes) . SIMS is fine. It's a great program that hasn't cause problems for me at all. No pauses (but then it's lock away in a closet!) I'd already done a fresh re-install of all my software, including SIMS, and always give my applications at least 50% more RAM than they officially require. I sent one of the files that crashes my copy of AutoShare to Mikael and he said that it that he was able to process it with no problem! That's great because I thought maybe SIMS was inserting some sort of funky characters into "command" files that was a problem for AutoShare. Now the only thing I haven't eliminated is the hard disks themselves. Talk about an esoteric problem. I suppose it IS possible that when AutoShare processes a listserver command that it may make some obscure demand on a hard disk or driver, but until now you wouldn't have been able to make me believe it. I'll swap the hard drives and see what happens. --Richard PS: Funny, I noticed when I swapped computers that sometime in the past I'd marked one of the hard disks as having a "bad card". I put it away. Later when I started setting up the server I messed with it again and was able to get it working. Maybe it IS a bad drive... Jonathan Shaw wrote: > > > 3. Commands Type 10 Crashes > > "Richard Petty" <rwvr90 at email.sps.mot dot com> > > I moved from the 7200 to a 6100 (swapped hard disks.) > > > > Still crashing. > > > > Although I can't recall a direct correlation, I have experienced this > >problem since I went to SIMS and not while I used EIMS. > > > > > >--Richard > > This may or may not help, but try increasing the memory for SIMS. You may > have tried this already. Be sure that you change this setting using > CommuniGate Client and NOT via the Finder's get info window. If you have > changed it through the Finder, it may be best to install a fresh copy of > the SIMS application file, and then only use CommuniGate to change memory > settings. > > Also, SIMS seems to be a little bit less likely to crash if you run it as a > standard application rather than as a pseudo-system extension. > > Finally, SIMS doesn't handle large recipient lists too efficiently in terms > of RAM requirements. Because of the way it processed new incoming messages, > it may take from a fraction of a second to several minutes to process new > incoming mail for your mailing list. I've complained about this many times > on the SIMS mailing list, but I have never received word from Vlad that > they will even consider fixing this. So basically, if you think your > computer has crashed because it seems like the system is frozen--give it a > few minutes and it may come back to life. > > This e-mail makes it sound like SIMS has many flaws. It does have some > flaws, but I do still like it above the free version of EIMS. The > commercial EIMS is very nice and is possibly more efficient than SIMS in > many aspects. However, both programs have their pros and cons, so if you > have time to try each, I highly recommend doing so. > > -Jonathan {;-) > Visit <http://b62968.cwru.edu/> for a good laugh. > > There are 3 kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch > things happen and those who wonder what happened. > > ** The AutoShare-Talk archives are at: > ** <http://frutiger.staffs.ac.uk/autoshare/archives/AutoShare-Talk/>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:52:19 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: Autoshare question revised At 09:06 -0700 19/6/1998, Camelot Administrator wrote: >Okay, but I'm not on that list. How can I get subscribed? sub autoshare-dev <name> in the body to autoshare at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk or <mailto:autoshare-dev-on at frutiger.staffs.ac dot uk> but I'm sure you knew that already :-) Same way as the talk list. In any event, the info is on <http://www.dnai.com/~meh/autoshare/>.
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:56:33 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Mirror sites Thanks to the people who offered to mirror the betas! I'll get back to you when the next beta is ready :-)
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 20:01:26 +0100 From: Bill Bedford <billbpm at mousa.demon.co dot uk> Subject: Re: Help! At 9:19 am -0700 19/06/98, Camelot Administrator wrote: ~At 6:36 PM +0100 on 6/18/98, Bill Bedford wrote: ~> ~> Use Resedit to check that you have no invisible icon files anywhere in the ~> Filed mail folder, and remove then. This is a problem you get id the disk ~> has ever been shared. ~> ~ ~The invisible icon file was present, but this disk is always shared. Is ~this going to be a recurring problem? I thought this was an old problem ~introduced with OS 8 which has since then been fixed. It's curious that ~the problem did not exist with 2.2, but did with 2.3. I'm a little worried ~about moving to 2.4 right now. ~ I found the same problem when I upgraded to Autoshare 2.3. The problem is with OS 8.0 and is fixed with 8.1, but the old icon files are not removed. You have to strip out the icon file from *all* the autoshare folders by hand. Once you have done that AS 2.4 should work as advertised. Bill Bedford Owner Brit_Rail-L list for the history of railways in Britain Subscribe at autoshare at mousa.demon.co dot uk
Subject: Re: 2.3 ignoring admin commands Date: Fri, 19 Jun 98 17:52:23 -0500 From: Jon & Janelle Gardner <jgardner at kairosnet dot com> > I believe the answer to this may be to use the Admin app to >set the folder paths that cannot be set directly from the AutoShare >app. > > Here is a previous posting to which I refer: > >Brian W. Ogilvie wrote: > >>If the folders aren't configured, incoming messages to the autoshare >>account get moved from the Filed Mail folder to the folder containing >>the AutoShare 2.3 application without being processed. Other messages >>in the Filed Mail folder--to the autoreply address and list addresses-- >>get processed normally. (I didn't test the poll account.) > I don't believe that this is the problem here. I've been serving several lists, some with several hundred members, for about a year now with AutoShare, and I have yet to have any problems...until 2.3. All of the folder paths are set properly. 2.2 was working perfectly (and is so again, now that I've retrograged) with the same set of prefs. All I did was quit 2.3, replaced it with 2.2, started 2.2, and dragged all of the ignored messages from the AutoShare folder back into the Filed Mail folder, at which point 2.2 processed them properly. Apparently, 2.3 is ignoring the folder path prefs under certain conditions. Jon <>< Jon & Janelle Gardner <mailto:jgardner at kairosnet dot com> <AOLIM:DaGardners> Kairos Network Services <http://www.kairosnet.com/kairos/> ...as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15 NIV)
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 19:12:38 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: 2.3 ignoring admin commands At 17:52 -0500 19/6/1998, Jon & Janelle Gardner wrote: >Apparently, 2.3 is ignoring the folder path prefs under certain >conditions. It was fixed in 2.4b1: At 01:41 -0700 27/5/1998, Mikael Hansen wrote: >Brian W. Ogilvie wrote: > >>If the folders aren't configured, incoming messages to the autoshare >>account get moved from the Filed Mail folder to the folder containing >>the AutoShare 2.3 application without being processed. Other messages >>in the Filed Mail folder--to the autoreply address and list addresses-- >>get processed normally. (I didn't test the poll account.) > >I looked into it and have reproduced it. It happens when mail-backs or >automated bounces are activated and the respective folder is not specified. >Fixed. Thanks again for pointing this out.
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 22:27:02 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: Help! At 20:01 +0100 19/6/1998, Bill Bedford wrote: >I found the same problem when I upgraded to Autoshare 2.3. The problem is >with OS 8.0 and is fixed with 8.1, but the old icon files are not removed. >You have to strip out the icon file from *all* the autoshare folders by >hand. Once you have done that AS 2.4 should work as advertised. The last time I tried putting some invisible files in the Filed Mail folder, I couldn't reproduce it. I have now done various tests again and still cannot reproduce it. If you run into this, please send me all files in the Filed Mail folder (or other folders), so that I can try to reproduce it. When making the necessary file(s) visible before putting all of them in a StuffIt archive to send to me, be sure to leave the file(s) completely intact (software such as DiskTools from the DiskTools Collection does not change any of the Finder dates when updating the visible status). And be sure to use 2.4b2! I am not aware of any bugs in this beta and would like to keep it that way for a while before releasing it :-)
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:56:33 -0400 From: Jerry Thompson <mlists at ppdirect dot com> Subject: Digests Not Working... Greetings, What's the best way to remove all of AS's configurations besides simply throwing away the preferences for it? The problem that I'm having is that one of the my lists digest function isn't working. The normal mailing list works fine with <listname.m at virtualdomain dot com>. However the digest doesn't. Instead of using the correct domain, it uses the server's actual domain of PPDIRECT.COM. <listname.d at ppdirect dot com> gets bounced to the postmaster account because there is no acct with that name setup under PPDIRECT.COM. I'm using EIMS 2.1 and AS 2.2. I've tried rebuilding the problem list from scratch and rebuilding AS's complete preferences for ALL of the lists. Nothing seems to make the digest work correctly. Where can I physically go in a make a change which would work? Is there a #str resource somewhere I can change? Best Regards, Jerry
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:11:01 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: Digests Not Working... At 13:56 -0400 21/6/1998, Jerry Thompson wrote: >The normal mailing list works fine with <listname.m at virtualdomain dot com>. >However the digest doesn't. Instead of using the correct domain, it uses >the server's actual domain of PPDIRECT.COM. <listname.d at ppdirect dot com> >gets bounced to the postmaster account because there is no acct with that >name setup under PPDIRECT.COM. Unless you use the multiple preferences feature, there is no way for AutoShare to know which domain to use with digests, so it uses the default domain. It's different with individual list contributions, whose domain in the recipient address helps out here.
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 20:42:44 -0400 From: mlists <mlists at ppdirect dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 21 Jun 1998 >Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:11:01 -0700 >From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> >Subject: Re: Digests Not Working... > >At 13:56 -0400 21/6/1998, Jerry Thompson wrote: > >>The normal mailing list works fine with <listname.m at virtualdomain dot com>. >>However the digest doesn't. Instead of using the correct domain, it uses >>the server's actual domain of PPDIRECT.COM. <listname.d at ppdirect dot com> >>gets bounced to the postmaster account because there is no acct with that >>name setup under PPDIRECT.COM. > >Unless you use the multiple preferences feature, there is no way for >AutoShare to know which domain to use with digests, so it uses the default >domain. It's different with individual list contributions, whose domain in >the recipient address helps out here. When you set multiple preferences, do they need to point to separate folders? Or can all of the preferences point to the same folders that was setup under single-preference Autoshare. BTW, would it be possible to create a field within the admin, through the list preferences section, the domain name it should that respective list should use? Best Regards, Jerry
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 20:38:34 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 21 Jun 1998 At 20:42 -0400 21/6/1998, mlists wrote: >When you set multiple preferences, do they need to point to separate >folders? Yes. >BTW, would it be possible to create a field within the admin, through the >list preferences section, the domain name it should that respective list >should use? It is possible, but it would be adding to an ad hoc scheme, which never required any configuration and which I stopped working on when the multiple preferences feature started taking form. The multiple preferences approach is much cleaner. And once you have configured the initial basics for the additional set of preferences and gotten used to running multiple sets of preferences and documents, it's pretty much business as usual.
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 12:44:51 +0200 From: Jan Koudelka <koudelka at appleklub dot cz> Subject: AutoShare Remote Admin 1.1 Hi all! Not so early as I expected, but AutoShare Remote Admin 1.1 is now availeble from the following addresses. ftp://ftp.appleklub.cz/pub/inet/AutoShareRemoteAdmin_11.sit hotline://hotline.appleklub.cz/pub/inet/AutoShareRemoteAdmin_11.sit Major changes in the version 1.1: - compatibility with AutoShare 2.3 - debugging and logging abilities Please send me some feedback, if you use it. If you want to help me making the Remote Admin more stable and bug-free, please test it with debugging turned on. To use debugging, when you first enter its URL into the Netscape's URL box, add a parameter "?debug=mode" to the end. (For example "http://my.server.com/AutoShareAdmin.acgi?debug=log") Valid debugging modes are: none debugging and logging is off full logs and displays full info brief logs and displays basic info log logs all requests for changing configuration display displays full info, does not write to log Debugging will stay set to specified mode until you select another one. I strongly recommend you to limit access to the Remote Admin by creating password blocked realms. Note: You can benefit from setting the mode to "log", if you want to allow several users to configure AutoShare remotely. Sincerely, HOnza Koudelka -- _ Jan Koudelka, predseda | mailto:koudelka at appleklub dot cz (_( -------------------------------|----------------------------- ' Klub pratel pocitacu Macintosh | http://www.appleklub.cz/
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 14:17:12 +0200 From: Jan Koudelka <koudelka at appleklub dot cz> Subject: Re: 2.3 ignoring admin commands >At 17:52 -0500 19/6/1998, Jon & Janelle Gardner wrote: > >>Apparently, 2.3 is ignoring the folder path prefs under certain >>conditions. > >It was fixed in 2.4b1: Mikael, if you fixed it in 2.4b1, do you know the conditions which cause ignoring folder preferences? HOnza
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 14:41:28 +0200 From: Jan Koudelka <koudelka at appleklub dot cz> Subject: What version to use? What is the most stable version just now? I do not like to use betas on a server since I don't have local access very often, but is it safe to use 2.3? HOnza
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 07:31:35 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: 2.3 ignoring admin commands At 14:17 +0200 22/6/1998, Jan Koudelka wrote: >Mikael, if you fixed it in 2.4b1, do you know the conditions which cause >ignoring folder preferences? It would happen in 2.3 "when mail-backs or automated bounces are activated and the respective folder is not specified".
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 07:33:18 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: What version to use? At 14:41 +0200 22/6/1998, Jan Koudelka wrote: >What is the most stable version just now? I do not like to use betas on a >server since I don't have local access very often, but is it safe to use >2.3? I am not aware of any bugs in 2.4b2 and do not have any problem releasing it at this time. But as I am in no rush, let's a little wait to make sure, so you have a good chance to test it out.
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 07:35:54 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare Remote Admin 1.1 At 12:44 +0200 22/6/1998, Jan Koudelka wrote: >Not so early as I expected, but AutoShare Remote Admin 1.1 is now availeble >from the following addresses. > >ftp://ftp.appleklub.cz/pub/inet/AutoShareRemoteAdmin_11.sit >hotline://hotline.appleklub.cz/pub/inet/AutoShareRemoteAdmin_11.sit > >Major changes in the version 1.1: > > - compatibility with AutoShare 2.3 > - debugging and logging abilities Wonderful! As 2.4b2 includes only minimal AppleScript changes from 2.3 (Write Log, SetFilters, SetRes/GetRes), an AutoShare Remote Admin compatible with 2.4 may hopefully not be far away :-)
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:11:51 +0200 From: Jan Koudelka <koudelka at appleklub dot cz> Subject: Re: AutoShare Remote Admin 1.1 >As 2.4b2 includes only minimal AppleScript changes from 2.3 (Write Log, >SetFilters, SetRes/GetRes), an AutoShare Remote Admin compatible with 2.4 >may hopefully not be far away :-) It should be already, since you only added options, not changed existing ones... But, for sure, I have to test it first. HOnza
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:32:24 -0400 From: Jerry Thompson <mlists at ppdirect dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 22 Jun 1998 >Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 20:38:34 -0700 >From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> >Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 21 Jun 1998 > >At 20:42 -0400 21/6/1998, mlists wrote: > >>When you set multiple preferences, do they need to point to separate >>folders? > >Yes. > >>BTW, would it be possible to create a field within the admin, through the >>list preferences section, the domain name it should that respective list >>should use? > >It is possible, but it would be adding to an ad hoc scheme, which never >required any configuration and which I stopped working on when the multiple >preferences feature started taking form. > >The multiple preferences approach is much cleaner. And once you have >configured the initial basics for the additional set of preferences and >gotten used to running multiple sets of preferences and documents, it's >pretty much business as usual. It works beautifully. My digests are working now. Running multiple instances is simpler to decipher incoming and outgoing events. My only problem is that using the 2.3 Admin, I open the Lists window. Sometimes, clicking on the list and then choosing one of the bottoms gives me an error message. And the window that opens up has no configuration information in it at all. Trying that a few times, brings up the same error. "An error occurred while executing the script of window "Subscriber": No result was returned from some part of this expression. (-2763)" Is the message I get opening a subscriber. However, closing the list window and reselecting the Autoshare app, seems to correct it... sometimes. Other times, I open the List window and it shows all of my lists and subscribers, but selecting any one of them to make a change will either give me an error similar to the above or show me a window with zero configuration info. (<---- is that a long sentence of what?!?!?!) Then, closing the windows and reselecting the app usually corrects it for a few minutes. Any thoughts? Jerry
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 21:23:19 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 22 Jun 1998 At 16:32 -0400 22/6/1998, Jerry Thompson wrote: >It works beautifully. My digests are working now. Running multiple >instances is simpler to decipher incoming and outgoing events. Happy to hear that! I haven't tried it for a while, so I played around with it a little this evening. >My only problem is that using the 2.3 Admin, I open the Lists window. >Sometimes, clicking on the list and then choosing one of the bottoms gives >me an error message. And the window that opens up has no configuration >information in it at all. When using the Admin with an AutoShare server using multiple preferences, the thing to do at start-up is Command-U (the Multiple Preferences menu item from Preferences), so that you work with a given set of preferences. Otherwise the server gets confused. And then I ran into this little thing (ah, a bug!) in the Admin's AppleScript code, which initially does cause some funny more or less arbitrary errors like those that you mention. It didn't take long at all to fix really, but it's annoying because the Admin thinks it knows where AutoShare is, and it really doesn't. I have sent the Admin with the fix by personal e-mail. Let me know.
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 16:21:16 +0200 From: Jan Koudelka <koudelka at appleklub dot cz> Subject: Unresolved bounced - idea What to do with unresolved bounces? That's very often question. May be I found an answer. Usually these bounces are caused by addresses, which are only aliases to another addresses. And, if username is not same or similar, there is no way to find out, which address caused the problem, so it cannot be unsubscribed. I think there is a way, how to solve this problem. Almost every mailserver includes an original message, or at least header history, containing also the original recipient's address. If AutoShare scans all recipient addresses in that message and compare them with the list, result is only few addresses. Usually one, but not always. But, after receiving next error message for the same recipient, it is good idea to look, which address was in both messages. If it is only one address, I'm almost sure that it is the bouncing address. What do you think about that? HOnza
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 16:33:39 +0200 From: Jan Koudelka <koudelka at appleklub dot cz> Subject: Analysis from AutoShare >AutoShare path: >Server:AutoShare 2.3: >System Preferences path: >System:System Folder:Preferences: >AutoShare Preferences path: >Server:Listserver:AutoShare prefs: > > >Disk usage: >Disk Server has 313,040,896 bytes available >Disk System has 147,320,832 bytes available >Disk Server has 313,040,896 bytes available It looks like AutoShare analyzes only system disk and the disks it uses for itself. What about analyzing all mounted disks instead? I would appreciate it. >Macintosh memory: >Low memory size: 10K >Logical RAM size: 49,152K What about largest free block of memory for running new applications? >Filed Mail folder: >Server:Listserver:Filed Mail: > F.48827-1 ... and so on. It would be nice to be able to disable folder listing. For example by addind a parameter to the analysis command: <password> analysis NOLIST HOnza
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:51:31 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: Analysis from AutoShare At 16:33 +0200 23/6/1998, Jan Koudelka wrote: >For example by addind a parameter to the analysis command: > ><password> analysis NOLIST The analysis file is basically a series of sections, so that's possible. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if you could script your very own analysis file design all together!
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 23:12:58 -0400 From: Jonathan Shaw <jls4 at cwru dot edu> Subject: Re: AutoShare-Talk digest 23 Jun 1998 > 3. Unresolved bounced - idea > Jan Koudelka <koudelka at appleklub dot cz> > Tue, 23 Jun 1998 16:21:16 +0200 >What to do with unresolved bounces? [...trimmed...] >the original recipient's address. If AutoShare scans all recipient >addresses in that message and compare them with the list, result is only >few addresses. Usually one, but not always. But, after receiving next error >message for the same recipient, it is good idea to look, which address was >in both messages. If it is only one address, I'm almost sure that it is the >bouncing address. > >What do you think about that? This is a good suggestion--but in these cases, AutoShare should be detecting the e-mail address in the mail header in the first place. For me, the most troublesome bounces are those that do not indicate the recipient's e-mail address (and sometimes not even the hostname!!) anywhere at all in the entire bounced message. If I can remember correctly, this problem is most notable with usa.net addresses. For these, you must write to their administrator about it, who will then reply with the user's address for the bounce. A solution would be for AutoShare to individually send a message to each list recipient and to include this recipient's address in the mail header or the message itself. I don't like this solution very much, though! It puts a lot of added stress on the mail server, and greatly increases the disk usage, posting time, etc. >HOnza -Jonathan {;-) Visit <http://b62968.cwru.edu/> for a good laugh. There are 3 kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:33:07 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: Unresolved bounced - idea At 16:21 +0200 23/6/1998, Jan Koudelka wrote: >What do you think about that? Would you send me a sample bounce with notes? Thanks.
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:33:23 -0700 From: Mikael Hansen <meh at dnai dot com> Subject: Re: Help! It turns out that a bug surfaces if the invisible file has a resource fork. My thanks to Bill Bedford, whom I have sent a fix to try out.