            Win9x Settings for running McMail v1.x
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Many users complain of Bad CRCs in Win9x this can be caused by incorrect
settings in Windows when running ANY DOS communications programs within
a DOS Box. This is due to the fact that Win9x uses 128 as a default
setting for a Com Buffer for DOS comm programs. This is not enough on
most systems nowadays and the work around is detailed below and is from
the Windows95 Resource Kit.

Add the following Line to system.ini file in the [386Enh] section.

[386Enh]
ComxBuffer=4096

Where x is the Com Port Number

4096 is the buffer size of your fossil driver.  These should be the
same as described in ADF.TXT


Make sure your Fossil Driver Baud rate is locked to the same speed
as your Com Port in Win9x Settings and check your modem Speed setting
in Win9x also. these can differ, make sure they are are exactly the same.
(most users would use 115200 or 57600)

Also check McMail is using the same Baud Rate Setting, in mcmail$.cfg

If you have not set a ComReadSize and ComWriteSize in mcmails config
they are defaulted to use 128 bytes. you may try to increase this
buffer also though Hydra chat maybe affected. I personally use 1024
for both but this is only my settings.

Make sure the Comport settings (Win9x) that FIFO Buffers are set to MAX.
Also set the "Idle Sensitivity" to Low in the DOS box Properties.
This gives more time to the DOS box and can help.


Also:

You can also gain some Conventional Memory by adding

LocalLoadHigh=1 to the [386Enh] Section

This makes vmm32.dll use less conventional memory.
