Hello,

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

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

Well there is not sufficent quote to tell what you are saying, but I am a M
A X's BBS operator brendon i think your name is, and my BBS CAN be
configured to use 8.3 char filenames just by pressing on a flag.

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

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

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

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

Exactly

AM>   It's also capable of performing to other, non-fido standards.  The fact
AM> that he's using non-fido standards on a fido type network only indicates
AM> misconfiguration, not "broken SW"  
AM>
AM>  AM>>  Even easier... configure it properly!  -OR- tell the IBM SysOp in
AM>  AM>> question to update his SW to something more modern which
CAN handle
AM>  AM>> 4D pkts.  
AM>
AM>  BP> Trying that will only further denigrate the Amiga in the eyes of the
AM>  BP> IBM owner.
AM>
AM>   This'll happen no matter what.  [shrug]  Even if the Amiga User is 100%
AM> right...
AM>
AM>  BP> How about sticking to known and accepted standards.

M A X's BBS Performs Known Standards

-ROD-

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