[NTLUG:Discuss] OT help request

[Rusty Haddock]

Fred wrote:
    >I have been working with a friend, trying to help him find what
    >I think is a weird problem in his XP system. He has 2 basically 
    >identical computers, both running XP, both using dialup (not at 
    >the same time, of course) and with one, when he sends out a
    >jpeg file from either his Outlook client or as an upload to his 
    >Yahoo mail, the dialup connection drops. Everything goes just fine
    >on the other computer. The modem has been swapped out with
    >no effect.

Check the jpeg file for the sequence '+++' by transferring the file to
a Linux/Unix box and using 'grep(1)'.  Finding this pattern may indicate
a misconfigured modem.

Worst case, try putting the jpeg into a zip file, send that, and see
what happens.

	-Rusty-
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