Subj : smapinntpd
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Tue Nov 27 2018 08:18:42

Hello,

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:43:50 +1000, Paul Quinn -> Nicholas Boel wrote:

 PQ> Actually the last is my wife's XP SP2.  (I don't use it any longer.)  It
 PQ> used to run on her Ubuntu PC as a vBox but she only ever saw XP
 PQ> full-screen.  Same difference though WRT updates.

I guess I'm just trying to figure out why you seem to stick with Win98se. I mean I know the usual reasons like comfort, used to it, ease of use, etc. But is there something there that newer Windows OSes are lacking?

 PQ> Never updated.  They got it right the first time... well, it's Puppy
 PQ> version 4.12 (Linux v2.5.x), and version 2.00 of the particular edition
 PQ> (MacPuppy).

Yikes! Linux 2.5, you may even be able to setup that broken version of Irex for Linux on there. ;)

 PQ> I recall Nick saying that won't happen.  Maybe I'm wrong... probably I'm
 PQ> wrong.  Nearly exactly three years back he said he was working on v4.xx
 PQ> for a "multitude of OS platforms".  I thought he said since that he's
 PQ> somewhat disappointed that he couldn't.

To be honest, I have no idea. Before I took my long Fido vacation I was under the assumption it was still in the works. Though by now it could very well have changed.

 PQ> Ermm... mine seems to want to use a single outbound for -all- of
 PQ> Fidonet, regardless of zone.  Early days, as it might only have created
 PQ> the 'default' zone.  No real testing yet.

If I remember right, the default zone setting would obviously be your default Fidonet outbound directory for zone 3. However, every other zone should have their own directory (ie: if default zone is "fidonet", you should have fidonet.001, fidonet.002, and fidonet.004 if links for those zones are in your config and you've sent netmail to them). Then for any other network you setup it would have a different directory naming scheme, not using the "fidonet" prefix, it would use the actual name of the network.

 PQ> Dude.  That's why I'm here.  I want a _good_ Linux tosser that serves
 PQ> JAMNNTPd.  A fixed CM II 2.xx would be a wonderful winner.

Seems as though you've tried the limited options out there. Also seems as though since CM II hasn't been touched in forever besides adding a couple text files and moving it to sourceforge or github, it may not ever get fixed. ;(

Regards,
Nick

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