Hi! Wilfred,

In a msg of Wed, 09 Aug 17, I wrote to you:


 WvV>> I'll try building a statically linked binary again
 WvV>> first. Maybe just ftools as that would be more simple 
 WvV>> as a test case...

 PQ> Hold that thought, mate.  I have in mind to try something
 PQ> else in an hour or two but am stuck on this netbook.  Be
 PQ> back soon...

Just tried another host and both binaries worked!  Ftools even complained
about there being no Fmail.cfg, and was 'active' for exactly 0.0020
seconds.  Thank you.  Now to flesh out a plan 'B'.  ;-)

Am trying to deal with cold pizza...

Cheers,
Paul.

--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox