Re: sz and rz

Roland John Turner (rjturner@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au)
Mon, 4 Sep 1995 19:26:47 +1000 (EST)

william doran wrote:
>
>
> I wonder if anybody can help me,
>
> I'm having trouble sending and receiving files from home. I'm using "MEW"
> software. Does anybody else have this software *and* if so how do you
> send and receive from home?
>
> Every time that i attempt to download, i get the message : "No Carrier"
> and i sometimes get disconnected. It's really starting to piss me off.
>
> Help would be much appreciated.
>
> Oh yeah, I'm quite generous at Christmas time.
>
> Bill.
>

I find that 'sz -l 512 -L 512 filename' works quite well. It could presumably
be optimised a great deal, but then, I don't generally sit staring at my screen
during downloads...

- Raz