Subj : Winpoint; more buggyness identified :(
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Thu Mar 21 2019 14:06:00

Hello August!

On 20.03.19 at 22:50, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>>> - Adding an archiver to the list of archivers doesn't work

 AA> ..haven't tried that, but maybe arrangements can be made with the Boss to
 AA> send packets unpacked? Mine is configured *without* an archiver because
 AA> my Boss assured me the message packets can be sent as-is.

I always send mail packets(*.pkt) uncompressed because, where WinPoint  
is concerned, I don't have any of the pre-defined archivers on my  
system. That's how I found the bug because when I first started using  
WinPoint, I tried to add an archiver(ZIP) to the list and discovered  
that clicking the "Add" button did absolutely nothing.

 MF>> Found some more :-(

 MF>> - Doesn't seem capable of handling a multi-Point setup particularly
 MF>> well. - Although the uninstaller appears to work, it doesn't actually do
 MF>> anything.

 AA> Oh no.  You mean using the "mailboxen" added to the Poll list, but using
 AA> a differnet "other:net/node.point"?

No, I haven't fully investigated that feature yet.

What I meant was that I have three Fido BossNodes configured and I'm  
linked into the same echos on all three. You may think I'm a complete  
nutter<g> but there *is* a valid reason for this.

Sorry for mentioning OpenXP in this thread but OpenXP has no problems  
whatsover with this arrangement but WinPoint doesn't semm to be able  
to cope with it at all.

 AA> But if Winpoint can utilize a nodelist that uses zones 1,2,3,4 etc.  It
 AA> ought to have no problem using the othernet numbers ..as long as they are
 AA> combined into one big nodelist.  ???

 AA> Or.. were you just Polling direct after entering the othernet
 AA> addresses?

I'm not on any "OtherNets" these days.

 AA> I think Winpoint assumes just one fixed zone:net/node.point address for
 AA> you, the user - based on the Setup process.  After this setup, there
 AA> doesn't seem to be a way to change .point address later unless we go the
 AA> Setup as if for the first time installation.

You should be able to change it in "Extras/Options/Uplinks". In the  
"Fidostyle Uplinks" pane click the "Properties" button and then click  
the "Mailersitzung" Tab. Look at the "Adresse" field but I haven't  
actually tried it.

 AA> But, maybe you can work with multiple Winpoint installations - one for
 AA> each othernet?

Like I said, I'm not on any "OtherNets" these days but I doubt very  
much if you could have more than one WinPoint installation because it  
stores its configuration data in the registry.

It would be interesting to see if a combination of a Fido Point and an  
"OtherNet" Point actually works but I can't try that. Perhaps someone  
else could try it? ;-)

Regards,
Martin

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