-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MK> -={ Sunday, 24 April 2016, 09:21:14.953491430 +1000 }=-

 MK> Hey Tony!

 TL> those using standard QWK won't have that.

 MK> I see that.  Not really an issue but my first thought was I could have
 MK> used it to compare messages/replies originating here to compare the
 MK> subject line.  Oh well.

Hmm, what exactly are you trying to do?

 TL> I can't fathom why they thought 25 characters was enough for a
 TL> subject line

 MK> Yeah.  I am guessing bad drugs.  I notice you decided to drop the "Re:
 MK> " part not that it matters anymore.  I am still thinking about a
 MK> suitable fix and at this point in time cannot come up with one that
 MK> addresses the old QWK limitations.

Yeah that really breaks a lot of things.

 TL> finding suitable doors is the hard part

 MK> Right.  That was my observation way back when it mattered.  That is why
 MK> I started playing around with ideas back then.

Yes, most of the Bluewave doors suffered Y2K problems, though the Borland
libraries within them could be patched to fix them.

 TL> Notfamiliar with WeBeBashing.

 MK> You're looking at it as we speak.  Although it wasn't called anything
 MK> way back when, it is what I am using to reply to you and did evolve
 MK> from the early playing around with bash scripting.  Seeing I am the
 MK> only one it never needed to go beyond and become c source.

So, can you describe it more accurately?


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