Subject: LOCKED FOLDER

From: Tom Hennessy <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:37:34 -0600 (MDT)

I am running Pine off my server. I have been downloading articles off the
net and saving them in various folders.
The one folder I have been using extensively has locked  me out. I spoke
to my server and they informed me that I have used too much space in the
folder. It contains over one thousand articles. My server said "Pine
doesn't like it when you save too much in one folder."
I tried to access the folder and my computer gave the message 'exceeded
users disc space'.. and then it created a folder of the same name but with
the word.. lock.. at the end.
DISEASE
DISEASE.lock
I cannot access the original DISEASE folder.
Everytime I try to open the folder it refuses and terminates the
connection.
I asked my server HOW can I access the folder and possible remove to
another folder a percentage of the articles contained therein .. enabling
me to read the articles in that folder.
They could not tell me how to do it. They said you can ZMODEM download the
folder but I am not proficient at this and I have no clue what they are
talking about.
I am hoping someone may be able to give me a clue how to enter the folder
and correct the user space quota?? 
Any help/insight appreciated.

Tom [email-masked]

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 18 Oct 1997 10:12:18 +0200

>> "TH" == Tom Hennessy <[email-masked]> writes:

[...]
TH> My server said "Pine doesn't like it when you save too much in
TH> one folder."
[...]
TH> They said you can ZMODEM download the folder but I am not proficient
TH> at this and I have no clue what they are talking about.  I am hoping
TH> someone may be able to give me a clue how to enter the folder and
TH> correct the user space quota??  

Actually, your help desk people seem to be a little dense. Well,
whatever... 

Basically, your question has nothing to do with pine, and is answered
in the FAQ and the user-guide, both of which are available from the U
of Washington.

You do not, however, need to run zModem (which is totally out of date, 
anyway), but can either make your help desk people show you how to
copy the files on a disk or use ftp to get those files home. 

If you have some free space on another partition, you could also run a 
program like MHonArc to store your messages and then take them home in 
html format (if you don't have pine at home).

Have fun,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha M.A.
Political Science Dept., Bonn University 
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