ml> why would anyone recommend an abandonware package over something?
ml> IREX has own sets of problems... problems that simply do not exist 
ml> with FD...

 TJM> I don't run OS/2 any longer so I have to stick to something that
 TJM> works.

OS/2 still works ;)  especially on older equipment... my main server was a
300mhz celeronA which i was able to upgrade to a 400mhz chip on that
motherboard... it is still operational and handling everything that comes
my way... in fact, it feeds stuff back to my three linux boxen for
servicing at times ;)

 TJM> IREX  works fine and probably will so for the near future.

no, not really... try using domain names in IREX and you'll find that it
fails quite miserably... instead you have to use IP numbers because the
kernel stuff changed such that DNS lookups fail and IPs are required...

 TJM> Basically, BinkP is  where it is at.  If FD would have a BinkP
 TJM> tosser(sender) it would be great.

i run a bybrid FD/binkd setup... have done so for years... what i run could
likely be streamlined more than i am currently doing, though... it works
but requires some scripting majik and a glue tool or two...

 TJM> And if I could load FD without a COMPORT that would be a big plus 
 TJM> as well.

IIRC there is a method of doing this but i'd have to go digging to see if i
still have the posts detailing how... but this also bring up the question
of why do you need/want to run it without a comport? surely there is at
least one on your system you can allow it to access even though it may not
actually use it for connections...

 TJM> But, I don't see any
 TJM> of those things happening soon, if ever.  I love FD, and  still
 TJM> have it here.  But I have no way of using it now since I have
 TJM> nothing  installed to emulate a COMPORT.

hummm...

 TJM> With Winblows there's not much of a choice.

exactly why i will not run windows for my mission critical processes...

)\/(ark