[...]
 JD>> FD therefore is designed to not send out the FQPath.

 JD>> Just the same, for example, as Squish in a Bink setup does.

 JD>> This is leading me to believe that the "normal" way is 
 JD>> for the sender's system to remove the FQPath.

 BJ> I've recently been sending files as attachments to netmail in 
 BJ> Maximus, with Squish handling the mail packing.  I'm sticking in the 
 BJ> full path in the netmail that I write.  Once squish is done, the 
 BJ> netmail viewable on the BBS shows that the path has been stripped, 
 BJ> and squish has properly set the path for sending out the file.
You checked the .flo file, then.


Excellent!
You are seeing the same thing that I am then.

Thanks for taking time to check and let us know.


 BJ>  [And 
 BJ> my BinkP sessions are showing the file properly being sent from my 
 BJ> specified location.]

Whomever you are sending them too...  he wouldn't be the middle man for
you, such that you are routing netmails w/file attached through him, would
he?
:)


 BJ> So, yes, Squish (1.11?) / Maximus (3.01?) running under OS/2 is 
 BJ> working this way.  I haven't tested the Linux compiled code at this 
 BJ> point in time. 



Thanks


                                                .......Joe

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