On 12 Apr 01 at 5:25, owner-arachne-digest@arachne wrote:
>Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 02:23:10 -0500
>From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: error message with full path
>
>The fact that you've run across such poorly written software that it
>can't handle an 8+3 directory name does not excuse the fact that Arachne
>*could* handle it before, but 1.70r3 *can't* handle it and SHOULD.
>Your "solution" reminds me of the guy who went to the doctor
>because he was periodically dysfunctional, and was told that if he'd
>just become celibate he wouldn't have to worry about the problem.
L.D. and list,
as far as software is concerned I am not an advocate of celibacy,
but my approach is a consequently polygamic one. That is why I use
Pegasus Mail that defines mail folders of a certain type ONLY in
"funny" directories. Arachne, however, works as a gateway for mail
transport. So I have set the Arachne mail directory to P:\XXXX.MAI.
I have never had any problem with this. After downloading I have a
first look at incoming mails, check whether there are any MB
monsters. Then I start Pegasus to get the mail sorted. Only now when
I set the mail directory to p:\ and tried to browse the
subdirectories with .MAI extension I have noticed that
Arachne/Insight cannot find message files there.
>If I wanted software that told me where to install software and how to
>name my subdirectories, I'd be using Windoze, not DOS & Arachne.
This is probably not the only problem Arachne has with directories.
Fixing it should have a high priority as DOS compatibility is
involved. On the other hand it is a really hard job to write
software for Arachne users who have "funny" directories and generally
tend to do "funny" things with their computers. Poor Michael!
Regards
Christof Lange
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