Davide, you are right there are there are certain reserved filenames, mostly legacy stuff. LPT, LPT1, LPT2, etc COM1, COM2,COM3, etc CON, CTTY, etc
The problem arises from creating a directory or file. AND that the name upto the first dot is a match on the reserved name. I did a test for you. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>md com4.com.br The directory name is invalid. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>md comfour.com.br C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>md com41.com.br C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>md xmail.com4.com.br C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>dir 03/04/2003 10:30 <DIR> comfour.com.br 03/04/2003 10:30 <DIR> com41.com.br 03/04/2003 10:30 <DIR> xmail.com4.com.br You could add anything to the name before you create the directory or file, because only the first part of the name upto the first dot will become a match on the reserved names. Rob :-) __________________________________________________________ Censorship can't eliminate evil; it can only kill freedom. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Davide Libenzi > Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2003 2:31 AM > To: XMail mailing list > Subject: [xmail] help (fwd) > > > > > Can someone running XMail on Windows confirm this ? It is true that that > domain "com4.com.br" could not exist on XMail on Windows, but it should be > able to receive messages from such domain. > BTW, did I ever tell you that Windows *sucks* ? They have developers that > after 20 years did not firuge it out that the string "com4.com.br" is > different from the string "com4" !! > > > > > - Davide > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:42:32 -0300 > From: Marco A. Zago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: help > > Gentlemen, My domain of the InterNet is www.com4.com.br and comes > perceiving that I do not obtain to send email pra any supplier > that uses the xmail, for that we perceive is that the xmail > creates a folder with the name of the email, or either, the > folder com4 nao can be created by windows. > > > > Marco Zago > Franca/Sp > Brazil > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
