BS>         The more telling fact is that my PCBoard internal 15.22 mailer, 
 BS>         which is not FidoNet compatible (fails FTS-0001), will pass 
 BS>         mail to 2 of the barefoot OPUS systems in my local net, but 
 BS>         *will not* pass mail with the other 10 barefoot OPUS systems in 
 BS>         the local net. 
 BS>         At this point in time, it's hard to determine the source of the 
 BS>         various copies.  I'm not sure whether Willie Wilson (1:129/89) 
 BS>         and Stu Turk (1:129/26) have 1.73a up for FREQ'ing, but if they 
 BS>         do, I think you'll find these versions to be different.
Bill,
I thought at first you were joking, but you really are serious,
aren't you?
No Bill, any trouble you're having connecting to vanilla Opus
systems in good old net 129 isn't caused by various versions of
OPUS 173A floating around, this I can assure you!  In fact, I am
sure that at least 2 of the vanilla Opus sysops in Pittsburgh got
their copies from me, Stu, although he isn't running it any
longer, got his from the same source as I got mine, and assuming
your connection problems are caused by anything other than a
modem conflict is avoiding the obvious and going after the old
needle in the haystack!
Yep, my Opus 173A is the same one that was originally distributed
via the FDN when it first came out, the same one that's on our
coordinator's system, and I am willing to bet the same one every
one of us in net 129 is running if not in all of FidoLand!  All
evidence is to me that the PC-Board mailer is now FTS0001
compatible, so if you're still having trouble connecting with
some of us and not others, you got some more investigating to do,
trust me!
                                        Willie
... Internet: willie@telerama.lm.com
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