Johnm, 985 KB is almost 1 meg, not 1 gig. I would tell youthis, a 1 meg text file is a whole lot of text.... Cy, the Ancient One... -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of john r. vaughn Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 7:55 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: software vs. hardware synthesizers - was - Re: Bug FixesRe: jfw Digest V1 #386 Folks, the offending file was almost 1 gig(985 kb to be exact). so opening it up was a real task. but now we know. John in sunny and warm florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:25 PM Subject: Re: software vs. hardware synthesizers - was - Re: Bug FixesRe: jfw Digest V1 #386 >I didn't save it and don't remember but it was huge, especially as >emails go. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:06 PM > Subject: RE: software vs. hardware synthesizers - was - Re: Bug FixesRe: > jfw > Digest V1 #386 > > >> By the way folks, just how large was that infamous message? I wish I >> had looked at it before I deleted it. I, as many of you, figured that >> there must have been some real bad monsters hiding in there and that >> was what "locked up" my computer. I would suspect that the size thing >> is what has caused my computer to appear "locked up" from time to >> time. I am glad to know that it is most likely not a JAWS issue after >> all. Cy, the Ancient Okie... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >> Behalf Of Flor Lynch >> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:40 PM >> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: software vs. hardware synthesizers - was - Re: Bug >> FixesRe: jfw Digest V1 #386 >> >> >> . As it did for me. I also notice that this freelists listserv >> doesn't like the 'quoted printable' character set and puts lots of >> =20 characters in Chip's messages, including at times those being >> replied to. Could have been that which caused the melee. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:20 PM >> Subject: Re: software vs. hardware synthesizers - was - Re: Bug FixesRe: >> jfw Digest V1 #386 >> >> >> Believe me, it did and for quite a few of us. >> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:08 PM >> Subject: RE: software vs. hardware synthesizers - was - Re: Bug >> FixesRe: jfw Digest V1 #386 >> >> >>> Sorry Tom, I didn't know the original person complaining about >>> quoting >> >>> had himself quoted the entire digest. I had assumed he would follow >> his >>> own requests. >>> >>> I'll try to trim better, but I'm not going through each message and >>> removing each signature. >>> >>> By the way, I'm an outlook user and would be interested to know how >>> a single larger than normal message caused it to "crash" on you? >>> >>> Chip >> >> >> -- >> To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To >> unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to >> jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject >> line. 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