15 Mar 12 11:29, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Robert Wolfe:

 MvdV> Hello Robert,

 MvdV> On Tuesday March 13 2012 17:17, you wrote to me:

 RW>> (To the original poster.) So what about Internet Rex isn't
 RW>> functioning for you?

 MvdV> 1) It occasionally crashes when a specific node or some specific
 MvdV> nodes call in. Roy can confirm that, as his system used to crash
 MvdV> when I called him.

I think that was an earlier version, since it hasn't happened since the
time your log-in here crashed the system.

 MvdV> 2) When entering a new node in the node manager it reads the
 MvdV> nodelist, But it only finds the host name if it is in the system
 MvdV> name field. It does not find it when the host name is a parameter
 MvdV> after the protocol flag or the INA flag.

Correct.

 MvdV> 3) A parameter after a protocol flag is always interpreted as a
 MvdV> port number. Even if it clearly is not.

 MvdV> 4) When no host name is in the system name field, it will try the
 MvdV> f.n.z.fidonet.net method. This is not overridable and the domain is
 MvdV> not configurable.

It can be user (sysop) written in binkp to use anything but the
fnz.fidonet.net addressing system.

 MvdV> 5) When the nodelist is updated, it will not update the data in the
 MvdV> node manager. This is particularly annoying when a host name or IP
 MvdV> address changes. 6) It will not send an attached file when the
 MvdV> crash bit of the message is set, unless the message is empty.

 MvdV> 7) When evaluating the Tzy flags, it uses local time instead of
 MvdV> UTC.

 MvdV> 8) No IPv6

[Version update]

 MvdV> I have been waiting for a decade, my patience has run out.

Same here.


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