ML>   DOS-AUTOEXEC                   :  MAILEXEC.BAT
 ML>   DOS-BACKGROUND_EXECUTION       :  ON
 ML>   DOS_BREAK                      :  OFF
 ML>   DOS_DEVICE:                    :  C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI>SYS

is that a mistype or ?? it should be ansi[dot]sys ;)

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