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   PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20200324   
   EID: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)   
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   On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:26:08 +0200 "August Abolins" <0@360.221.2> wrote:   
      
   AA>   
   AA>   AA>> ..a certain boss node operator tell me that disk space is   
   AA>   AA>> no problem these days.   
   AA>   
   AA>   ml>not only that but directories can hold a lot more individual   
   AA>   ml>files these days than back in the DOS FAT-16 and FAT-32 days..   
   AA>   ml>specifically, DOS used to see a huge slowdown if there were   
   AA>   ml>over 255 files in one directory...   
   AA>   
   AA> Does the same limitation still apply when virtualizing 16-bt OSes, or   
   AA> operating a BBS with DOSbox?   
      
   Basically yes, if the guest OS runs plain DOS, but nowadays it shouldn't   
   matter. Back in the day zero it had huge impact.   
      
   AA> I sincerely *do* apologize for neglecting to poll for several long   
   AA> weeks with my other point account.   
      
   No worries. There is plenty of room in the outbound. ;) And I get daily report   
   what is on hold. :D   
      
   'Tommi   
      
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