Subj : qwk 25 char subj line limit
To   : Dale Shipp
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Apr 27 2019 12:29 am

Hello Dale!

On 4/26/2019, Dale Shipp wrote to August Abolins:

DS>> I am using the same desktop I have had for years and read my QWK 
DS>> packets using BlueWave in a virtual XP window. Don't intend to change.

Noted.

AA>> Have you heard of this:
AA>> DURQWK14.ZIP  1172K  09-09-1998  
AA>> DURANGOMAIL ver1.4 Build 204 - Updated 9/9/98
AA>> ---------------------------------------------
AA>> QWKE Offline mail reader for Win 95/98/NT/2K

DS> I have not heard of it.
DS> No real advantage to me.  I'll stick with my Bluewave that I know
DS> well.

Noted.

But QWK's 25 char limit in the subject s cutting off my beautifully thought out 

subjects! LOL

And yours seems to even cut them down further to about 20 chars.   :(

Your subject line for something like:
FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17 Page: 7
FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17 Page: 6
FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17 Page: 5

...would look all the same in your lists:
FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17

I dunno how you can accept that! :/

The "future" of longer subject line awaits you!

AA>> .. I had a little trouble 
AA>> getting the setup.exe to cooperate. "not a wn32 program" error. Bad 
AA>> archive? Maybe the archive is listed somewhere else to try?

DS> More likely, it is a 16 bit program.  It would need WINXP or so to
DS> install.

Indeed.  I was attempting to try in on my XP.   No go.  :(   No "future" for 
16bit.


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