[Dec 24, 97 - 13:57] andrew clarke of 3:635/728.4{at}fidonet wrote to Matt Mc_Carthy:

ac> Patching any version of Msged for Y2K compliance, provided I have the full 
ac> source code and a suitable compiler, is about a 20-minute job, including 
ac> the time it takes to recompile and test.  But if there's no demand, I won't
ac>  waste my time.  =)

Most definitely do this, but it won't be that easy.  Some message base
formats can't hold the century.  I think you're aware of the suggestions
being floated for dealing with this.

ac> Apart from Y2K concerns, I've been looking at the older versions, curious 
ac> if any features had actually been removed in later versions.  As it turns 
ac> out, msged 2.00 had its own configuration facility which created a 
ac> configuration file for you.  I'm a bit perplexed why this feature was 
ac> removed.

It was buggy already in 2.07, and I suspect that the feature explosion
which came with newer versions would have meant a rewrite.

Jerry Schwartz
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