Subj : Re: qwk 25 char subj line
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Mauro Veiga
Date : Fri Jan 15 2021 10:54 am

-=> 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. :-)



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