Subj : FMAIL Question...
To   : Martin Kazmaier
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Apr 14 2024 11:34:46

Hello Martin,

On Saturday April 13 2024 11:40, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 >> Maybe it should be fixed at the source and don't have two nets with
 >> the same zone number? ;-) Maybe one can be changed or abolished?

 MK> Nope.  League 10 has been around since 2000, I think and Araknet has
 MK> only been around since 2020, but is really well established.

Pardon me for saying so, but it is my not so humble opinion that as late in the game as 2020 it is not very smart to start an alternet with a zone number that is already in use. It is not a secret that most FTN software can not properly deal with duplicate zone numbers.

Having said that: I never understood the need for all these alternets in the first place...

Anyway, Fmail does not support it and in all likehood never will. It is just not worth the effort and making substantial changes to the config file will create backward compatibility problems with other software that interacts with Fmail. Wilfred had better spent his time on other things. Let those who created the problem of duplicate zone numbers sort it out among themselves.


Cheers, Michiel

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