>> Debian does present a problem.

> Depends on the version...  As you many not be aware; Debian Woody 
> (v3) was released in 2002 (and later superceded in 2005) and 
> therefore uses the older versions of the standard C libraries.  
> Which, IIRC, was the issue with running IRex on Linux systems...

 RW> You remember correctly.  The way around this is to use IP 
 RW> addresses of uplinks instead of using FQDNs.

and that breaks when contacting dynamic IP systems like many (most??)
fidonet systems running on home connections...

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