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- From: rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca (Rick Vandenberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: V-MailServer 1.22
- Message-ID: <k6FswB4w165w@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 22:35:19 PST
- References: <ui5qwB1w165w@knex.via.mind.ORG>
- Organization: Vandenberg Systems Research, Vancouver BC
- Lines: 32
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- Gess Shankar <gess@knex.via.mind.ORG> writes:
-
- > rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca (Rick Vandenberg) writes:
- >
- > > Version 2.0, slated for release in February, handles multiple
- > > addresses, up to 128 characters in length. This is an MSDOS limitation.
- [...]
- > >
- > V-MailServer creates its own queue files, but it generates individual
- > command and data files for each address. I suppose this facilitates
- > passing it to the mailing agent such as Rmail. I suggest an option
- > (configurable) that will generate one data file with most of the
- > headers set and individual command files. V-MailServer (vmailx) can
- > use these to create the queue files of the host (rnews or whatever).
- > Anyone wishing to change the scheme of things can write a program to
- > take the above and create the spool they want including 512 byte
- > address lines. V-MailServer itself can include such a utility or 3rd
- > parties can step in. If the format changes (what doesn't), one still
- > has the option of using the native code (rnews in Waffle), while scrambling
- > to update the add-on. ;-)
-
- Working on it :) It can get a little complicated, as the command
- file(s) must store the variable header information, and vmailx must have
- new logic added to deal with headers and the like.
-
- Rick
-
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