Subj : oxp: does not like long filenames?
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Sat Apr 20 2019 13:13:00

Hello August!

On 19.04.19 at 18:16, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA> I discovered that oxp does not behave very well with file attaches that
 AA> bear long filenames.

Oh?

 AA> ÚÄ Fidomailer ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ00:00:04Ä¿
 AA> ³ Secure authentication successful                  ³
 AA> ³ Sending 19180745.PKT                              ³
 AA> ³ Sending NETMAIL ENDING UP IN APOINT AREAFIX FOLDER³
 AA> ³ Sent 19180745.PKT                                 ³
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 AA> ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

 AA> The original filename was:

 AA> "netmail ending up in apoint areafix folder.jpg"

 AA> I started the netcall, and it stalled/froze the program as per above.

 AA> Now I know - I should probably stick with 8.3 filenames only?

I've just sent you a file with a filename of 30 characters and it  
seemed to get sent without problems. However, I notice that your  
filename is *very* long, perhaps OpenXP has a limit on filename  
length? I'll ask the developer.

Regards,
Martin

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