Subj : error
To   : Nick Boel
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Wed Jun 03 2026 06:45 am

Hello Nick!

01 Jun 26 19:10, you wrote to Robert Wolfe:

 NB> FYI, wherever they got "Internet Rex is listed in the compatibility
 NB> table as a confirmed working mailer with no known issues", they were
 NB> given the wrong information.

 NB> You can ask just about any mailer developer these days how they've had
 NB> to work around IREX's bad binkp implementation. IIRC, it may have been
 NB> something to do with stating it was binkp 1.1 compliant, when it
 NB> really isn't. But, I am fairly certain it was something in the lines
 NB> of how the session is ended, as seemed to be what was being discussed
 NB> in whatever it was that I replied to. ;)

As a developer who maintains a BinkP compatible mailer (mbcico), I can 
definitely confirm that IRex has multiple issues in this regard.  In fact, 
when mbcico connects to IRex, it automatically falls back to binkp/1.0 to 
avoid most of the issues.

Andrew

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