G'day Brendan

 You said something about M A X's BBS?

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

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

  No.  It can also send mail out in 2D format, provided that you tell it to
do so.

 AM>>  Any and all decent mailers that have 2D disabled would have
 AM>> *exactly* the same problem.  The cure is simply to tell it to use 2D
 AM>> pkts instead of 4D pkts for that particular system.

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

  MAXs is capable of performing to most Fido standards including this...
where MAXs is broken is in Netmail handling.

  It's also capable of performing to other, non-fido standards.  The fact
that he's using non-fido standards on a fido type network only indicates
misconfiguration, not "broken SW"  

 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
 AM>> 4D pkts.  

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

  This'll happen no matter what.  [shrug]  Even if the Amiga User is 100%
right...

 BP> How about sticking to known and accepted standards.

  Oh?  Like Xenia?  Easycom?  

  Shall I shut up now?       __                             __o ,-_|\_o_
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