mark wrote (2022-01-19):

 ml>   On 2022 Jan 19 13:48:08, you wrote to All:

 Ol>> Is there any other mailer than Argus and Irex that doesn't
 Ol>> understand \x##?

 ml> radius and taurus are from the argus family... or is it argus and taurus
 ml> that are from the radius family? i always get the first two confused...

One big happy family ;).

https://github.com/oldprogs/taurus/blob/5ab0e09ad2bdc43bd5dae10bf9aa2ef03b21572b/src/xBase.pas#L55

 CProductNameFull = 'Taurus (based on Radius (based on Argus))'

And the versions are:
Argus 3.210
Radius 4.011
Taurus 5.101

 ml> i'm not even sure which ones of that family are still being updated
 ml> today...

AFAIK development has stopped for all three some time ago.

 ml> i just thought i'd mention them since they may have the same
 ml> defect in them...

I believe Radius and Taurus have fixed the problem:

https://github.com/maximmasiutin/argus/blob/c8b06f333facdf9f2d5f28feb048f7aa78c3513a/SRC/xBase.pas#L5758
https://github.com/oldprogs/radius/blob/6eb804993455f9151768253953727b0dbf71fe73/beta/src/xBase.pas#L6511
https://github.com/oldprogs/taurus/blob/5ab0e09ad2bdc43bd5dae10bf9aa2ef03b21572b/src/xBase.pas#L6167

Argus:
  Result := PackStrEx(s, ' ', '\');
  Result := UnpackStrEx(s, '\');

Radius & Taurus:
  Result := PackStrEx(s, [#0..#255] - charset, '\x');
  Result := UnpackStrEx(s, '\x');

Anyone still using Argus should upgrade to Radius or Taurus. (I haven't used any of the programs, so I don't know if it's an easy upgrade and would work for everyone).

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