>> Debian does present a problem.   
      
   > Depends on the version...  As you many not be aware; Debian Woody    
   > (v3) was released in 2002 (and later superceded in 2005) and    
   > therefore uses the older versions of the standard C libraries.     
   > Which, IIRC, was the issue with running IRex on Linux systems...   
      
    RW> You remember correctly.  The way around this is to use IP    
    RW> addresses of uplinks instead of using FQDNs.   
      
   and that breaks when contacting dynamic IP systems like many (most??) fidonet   
   systems running on home connections...   
      
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