Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!ctisbv!pim From: pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: uucico problem with flow control Keywords: uucico flow control 386ix Message-ID: <1360@ctisbv.cti-software.nl> Date: 16 Aug 89 01:24:48 GMT References: <208@bulus3.BMA.COM> Organization: CTI Software BV, The Hague, the Netherlands Lines: 20 haugen@bulus3.BMA.COM (John M. Haugen) writes: >I recently have been having problems with uucico having problems receiving >large files from my news feed. When run with Uutry, I see bunches of >"alarm " messages and eventually the transfer fails. >My modem is a Telebit TrailBlazerPlus/T200 set to run at 9600 baud and to use >XON/XOFF flow control. My OS is 386ix 2.0.2 from Interactive Systems. ^^^^^^^^^ Several people have explained that uucp does not use XON/XOFF. I would like to add to this that the reason for the alarm messages probarly is because the modem got stuck on a ^S in the data stream. Reprogram yout modem not to use XON/XOFF. -- Pim Zandbergen internet : pim@cti-software.nl CTI Software BV uucp : ..!uunet!ctisbv!pim Laan Copes van Cattenburch 70 phone : +31 70 542302 2585 GD The Hague, The Netherlands fax : +31 70 512837