Hello August!

On 27.03.19 at 19:13:16, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>>>> The problem here is that the "@" preceeding the domain is hard-coded.
 MF>>>> If the user doesn't specify a domain, WinPoint's mailer will transmit
 MF>>>> "<zone>:<net>/<node>.<point>@", which is an invalid address.

 AA>>> The Extra/Options/Uplinks:FidostyleUplinks seems to be the item
 AA>>> intended for the part after the @.  Maybe it is also a way to
 AA>>> differentiate from othernets?

 MF>> Yes, that's its exact purpose and maybe this is one of the reasons why
 MF>> WinPoint  can't handle my hybrid setup?

 AA> So.. it looks like WinPoint is limited to uplinks that support 5D only
 AA> (except for mbcico(MBSE)?   

It's not the uplink's mailer that's the problem, it's the hard-coded "@" in
WinPoint that's the problem.

If you specify a domain whilst configuring an AKA, everythings fine but if you
don't specify a domain, WinPoint adds "@" to the end of your AKA.

Examples:
With the "fidonet" domain specified, this results in 2:250/1.1@fidonet - this
is OK.
Without a domain specified, this results in 2:250/1.1@ - this is not OK.

 AA> Are you experimenting with all the other "Fido Over IP" options in
 AA> WinPoint?

Nope.

 AA> Is there a specific NL entry that indicates 5D systems?

Nope.

 MF>> I'm not so sure about a compatibility list but I'd already planned on
 MF>> adding a warning about this somewhere in my revised Guide that I'm
 MF>> working on.

 AA> This is really good of you to reveal the details/problems.

 AA> In another matter..

 AA> I wish there was a way to M)ark or T)ag a message for later
 AA> reading/replying.  I don't always feel like replying to a message that I
 AA> am currently reading, but I'd like it to stand out so that I can find
 AA> those messages later.  

Yeah, me too.

 AA> Thunderbird has that feature hands-down.

OpenXP also has that feature and in addition, it can list all the marked
messages ;-)

Regards,
Martin

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