Subj : it is but it's a bit buggy here 'n there
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Wed Mar 27 2019 13:10:32

Hello August!

On 26.03.19 at 11:10:56, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA> On 26.03.19, you wrote to August Abolins:
 AA>>> ..and therefore, every Uplink and/or System has to be a 4D Boss(?)

 MF>> Ummmmm? :-)

 AA> Nevermind.  Apparently I don't know what I was talking about!  :(

:-)

 MF>> The problem here is that the "@" preceeding the domain is hard-coded. If
 MF>> the user doesn't specify a domain, WinPoint's mailer will transmit
 MF>> "<zone>:<net>/<node>.<point>@", which is an invalid address.

 AA> Hmmm.. Methinks that 5D is a good thing.  Isn't 5D supposed to be an
 AA> improvement?   

Hmmmmm, not sure how to answer that :-))

 AA> The Extra/Options/Uplinks:FidostyleUplinks seems to be the item  intended
 AA> for the part after the @.  Maybe it is also a way to differentiate from
 AA> othernets?

Yes, that's its exact purpose and maybe this is one of the reasons why WinPoint
 can't handle my hybrid setup?

 MF>> After further testing, I've discovered that it depends on which mailer
 MF>> the remote system is using. I can reproduce this problem on two systems,
 MF>> both of which are using binkD. I've tried it on a third system, which is
 MF>> using mbcico(MBSE) and I had no problems with the session.

 AA> Sounds like WinPoint needs a compatibility list, or a warning that it is
 AA> a truly 5D system.

I'm not so sure about a compatibility list but I'd already planned on adding a
warning about this somewhere in my revised Guide that I'm working on.

Regards,
Martin

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