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   Message 426 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   it is but it's a bit buggy here 'n there   
   27 Mar 19 13:10:32   
   
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   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58 50b75989   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 26.03.19 at 11:10:56, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA> On 26.03.19, you wrote to August Abolins:   
    AA>>> ..and therefore, every Uplink and/or System has to be a 4D Boss(?)   
      
    MF>> Ummmmm? :-)   
      
    AA> Nevermind.  Apparently I don't know what I was talking about!  :(   
      
   :-)   
      
    MF>> The problem here is that the "@" preceeding the domain is hard-coded. If   
    MF>> the user doesn't specify a domain, WinPoint's mailer will transmit   
    MF>> ":/.@", which is an invalid address.   
      
    AA> Hmmm.. Methinks that 5D is a good thing.  Isn't 5D supposed to be an   
    AA> improvement?      
      
   Hmmmmm, not sure how to answer that :-))   
      
    AA> The Extra/Options/Uplinks:FidostyleUplinks seems to be the item  intended   
    AA> for the part after the @.  Maybe it is also a way to differentiate from   
    AA> othernets?   
      
   Yes, that's its exact purpose and maybe this is one of the reasons why WinPoint   
    can't handle my hybrid setup?   
      
    MF>> After further testing, I've discovered that it depends on which mailer   
    MF>> the remote system is using. I can reproduce this problem on two systems,   
    MF>> both of which are using binkD. I've tried it on a third system, which is   
    MF>> using mbcico(MBSE) and I had no problems with the session.   
      
    AA> Sounds like WinPoint needs a compatibility list, or a warning that it is   
    AA> a truly 5D system.   
      
   I'm not so sure about a compatibility list but I'd already planned on adding a   
   warning about this somewhere in my revised Guide that I'm working on.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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