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echo: points
to: MARTIN FOSTER
from: MARK LEWIS
date: 2019-03-30 12:12:00
subject: this results in `z:n/n.p@

 On 2019 Mar 30 11:30:24, you wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> Got it.  But if some uplink systems balk at that, then Winpoint is
 AA>> basically incompatible with those systems.

 MF> Errrrrrm, not exactly :-)

 MF> If the user leaves the "domain" field of their address empty during
 MF> the initial installation, some(but not all) remote mailers will kick
 MF> them off. I personally don't see this as an incompatibilty, I see this
 MF> as a user error.

it is also a design flaw... it should raise a huge red error indication when
there is no domain listed OR (keep reading)...

 MF> The "domain" field is preloaded with "fidonet" and that can be changed
 MF> to suit "othernets" but, if for some reason, the user decides to
 MF> delete the contents of the "domain" field, they may not realise the
 MF> implications of doing so.

it should NOT put the @ unless there is a domain specified... so still a design
flaw nonetheless...

)\/(ark

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