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-=> Quoting August Abolins to Dale Shipp <=-
AA> But QWK's 25 char limit in the subject s cutting off my beautifully
AA> thought out subjects! LOL
AA> And yours seems to even cut them down further to about 20 chars. :(
AA> Your subject line for something like:
AA> FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17 Page: 7
AA> FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17 Page: 6
AA> FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17 Page: 5
AA> ..would look all the same in your lists:
AA> FidoGazette Vol 13 no 17
AA> I dunno how you can accept that! :/
AA> The "future" of longer subject line awaits you!
The Bluewave standard accepts long titles and much more useful
information than QWK and QWKE. It is a pity that the developers
insist on poor QWK or a little better QWKE instead of adopting a
much higher standard like Bluewave.
AA>> .. I had a little trouble
AA>> getting the setup.exe to cooperate. "not a wn32 program" error. Bad
AA>> archive? Maybe the archive is listed somewhere else to try?
DS> More likely, it is a 16 bit program. It would need WINXP or so to
DS> install.
AA> Indeed. I was attempting to try in on my XP. No go. :( No
AA> "future" for 16bit.
With the advancement of emulators, 16bits will never die. :-)
... QWK: The VHS of offline mail formats.
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