Subj : this results in "z:n/n.p@ " - this is not OK
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Mar 30 2019 03:49:51

Martin Foster : August Abolins wrote:

>  AA> So.. it looks like WinPoint is limited to uplinks that support 5D only
>  AA> (except for mbcico(MBSE)?
>
> It's not the uplink's mailer that's the problem, it's the hard-coded "@"
> in WinPoint that's the problem.
>
> If you specify a domain whilst configuring an AKA, everythings fine but
> if you don't specify a domain, WinPoint adds "@" to the end of your AKA.

> Examples:
> With "fidonet" domain specified, results in 2:250/1.1@fidonet = OK
> Without domain specified, results in 2:250/1.1@ = not OK.

Got it.  But if some uplink systems balk at that, then Winpoint is basically 
incompatible with those systems.  A list of those might be worth mentioning for 
the experimenting Winpoint user.  No?


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

Ah.. Pretty much the same as above.  But a general "user" (no sysop experience) 
may not understand the technical nature of the matter. Maybe add the systems 
you tested it with (and failed with) as examples.

???

..../|ug

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