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echo: fmail_help
to: Wilfred van Velzen
from: Michael Kleefeld
date: 2008-02-19 21:20:08
subject: Fmail: The past, the present, the future.

Hello Wilfred


 WvV>>> I was also able to compile the DOS and DMPI 16 and 32bit versions.
 WvV>>> So if you want to test those, just let me know, and I will put them
 WvV>>> online as well.
 MK>> I'm running a real DOS system (DR Dos 7.03) and use the DPMI version
 MK>> (16bit prefered, 32bit is a part slower). It would be nice to support
 MK>> the DOS versions too.

 WvV> It isn't really a goal to support those, but as long as they
 WvV> compile it won't be a problem to generate and distribute them too.

Can you please make one try to compile DPMI versions? I want to see if it's
possible to get them work and if the retoss bug is really exist (cause in
the W32-version the retoss seems to work correct). If it doesn't work i
never come again.  ;)

 MK>> But i want to remark the reason i use an older version: in version
 MK>> 1.60 (and some 1.59x too) the retoss from bad area generates empty
 MK>> mail (header without text). And i fear the 1.60GPL have this bug too.
 MK>> But i will try ..

 WvV> No code has changed, that's why I just added the .GPL to the current
 WvV> version number 1.60, so it should behave exactly them same, including
 WvV> possible bugs.

As written above, there is possibly a different behavior between the
DOS-DPMI and the W32 version, so i have a little hope the bug is not based
on code.

 WvV> I don't have the source for the older versions. So I can't tell
 WvV> what changed between those versions, so it would probably be
 WvV> difficult to find and fix. I'll ask Folkert first if he has the
 WvV> source of the older versions, and then we will see...

I don't think about comparing old and newer code, there are too much time
and versions between 1.48 and 1.60. And i don't know in which versions of
the many 1.59x the retoss bug come up the first time. So don't make too
much effort on this.

 MK>> Micha, echo executor of FMAIL_HELP.GER

 WvV> Please spread the word! ;)

Executor? Administrate by doing nothing a long time dead echo?


Micha

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