Re: Filter::Exec portability (was Re: EmuMail: ...)

[J.Lance Wilkinson, 814-865-1818]

On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:57:57, "Craig A. Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I can confirm that the Filter::Exec module is not going to work out of the 
>box on VMS.  It does a lot of piping, forking, Unix-style file locking, and 
>other unseemly business.  It appears to have been ported to Win32, and I 
>suspect a VMS port is doable for someone with the time and interest.
>
>Note that Filter::Exec is only one of a whole set of extensions included 
>with the Filter bundle.  If EmuMail doesn't require this particular one, 
>just skip it, Lance.

        I'm Cc'ing to the EmuMail folks on this, to see just how dependent
        their code is on this component.  

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