Hi Andy,



 RB>> Then I tried to crashmail a Ezycom IBM bbs and it did not allow the

 RB>> file names that M A X's BBS suport ?..



 RB>> The file name that M A X's produced was  3.622.446.0.we0



 BP> Because Maxs is broken.



 AM>   Bzzzt.  Wrong.  Well... it's not brokedn with regards to THIS problem.



From what I have been told, it is broken, because that's the only way it
sends mail out.



 BP> Any and all decent mailers would send a file named like the above, and

 BP> convert it to an IBM acceptable filename completely without any

 BP> interaction from the sysop, and all handled automatically.



 AM>   Any and all decent mailers that have 2D disabled would have *exactly*

 AM> the

 AM> same problem.  The cure is simply to tell it to use 2D pkts instead of 4D

 AM> pkts for that particular system.



Fido standards indicate that you can only send 2d files, ala ibm 8.3 filenames.





 BP> Real easy, just get something that actually works properly.



 AM>   Even easier... configure it properly!  -OR- tell the IBM SysOp in

 AM> question to update his SW to something more modern which CAN handle 4D

 AM> pkts.  



Trying that will only further denigrate the Amiga in the eyes of the IBM owner.



How about sticking to known and accepted standards.



 AM>   Shall I shut up now?       __                              __n~~   o_



Yes please. ;-)



C u laitr

Brendan Pratt



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