>         Then how do you explain the fact that, with my PCB
 > Ver 15.22 mailer active (assuming that I reinstall it),
 > I can connect and pass mail to Stu (assuming that he reinstalls
 > OPUS), and in no way, shape or form can I pass mail to you?
 >  Don't use the modem excuse Willie.  You, Stu and I are
 > all using current day USR's, and I have yet to hear of a
 > USR modem that has problems connecting to another USR modem.
 >  A second point is that Stu and I have well over a thousand
 > consecutive connections at 28,800 bps, and transfer rates
 > in excess of 3000 cps. Aside from problems with the non-FidoNet
 > compliant PCB Ver 15.22 mailer in mail mode, I have had
 > no problems whatsoever in connection to your board with
 > either of my USR modems.
 >
 >         Again, Willie, using a non-compliant mailer, why
 > can I consistently pass mail to Stu, and just as consistantly,
 > not pass mail to you, and especially when you and Stu presumably
 > have identical OPUS 1.73a packages?
 
There are several other factors you haven't considered.
 
1) serial cards (w/external modems) 2) phone lines
3) fossils
4) modem initializations and setups
5) weird BIOS problems 6) ? Two sysops can both be running barefoot 1.73a 
setups and yet the systems will not be exactly alike.
 
 >         In summary Willie, Michele asked a question concerning
 > the possible existence of two different versions of OPUS
 > 1.73a.  She has been a steady contributor to this echo,
 > in fact the major contributor for some time.  She obviously
 > knows OPUS quite well, and if she asks the question she
 > did, there has to be a reason for it.  I responded to her
 > question because, based on my own experience, I have fact
 > based reasons to suspect the existence of two versions of
 > OPUS 1.73a.  Do you have a factual basis on which to dispute
 > this?
 
I don't mean to put down Michele in any way, as she has obviously worked 
quite hard at setting up her Opus system.  However, unless my time sense has 
gone walkabout, she's still a fairly 'young' Opus sysop.  -- On the other 
hand, she may feel quite 'grizzled' by now. 
 
We have a similar case here where we can connect with two 'identical' 
versions of D'Bridge and yet only one of them can dump off mail to us.  By 
your logic, the 'problem' has to be with one of the D'Broke systems since our 
Opus is the same each way.  The fact of the matter is that we haven't had the 
time and wherewithal to track down what the problem is, since we haven't had 
a copy of D'bridge ourselves to run extensive tests with.
 
I agree that there's a problem, but without chasing down all the other 
variables, it's premature to speculate about weird flavors of Opus.
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