Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!becker!bdb
From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: A Small-Memory Pathalias?
Message-ID: <6320@becker.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 90 07:13:38 GMT
References: <1990Mar19.030224.16305@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario
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In article <1990Mar19.030224.16305@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> trier@SCL.CWRU.Edu (Stephen Trier) writes:
|Is there something like pathalias that will run comfortably on systems
|with well under a megabyte of memory, perhaps byt using temporary files on
|disk?  I'm interested because of an idea for creating a version of UUPC
|capable of performing smart-host mail routing, and I'm having a terrible
|time getting pathalias to run on MS-DOS.  (I'm sorry, "Get a Real Operating
|System" is not an answer compatible with my wallet.)  ;-)

	Actually that is a compatible answer, if you
	get something that runs AmigaDos 8^).

	It's only a partly a joke since there are
	amazing student discounts until 31 March
	for Amigas (also with an IBM PC clone board
	included, for those stuck with MS-DOS software
	requirements).

	The basic problem with pathalias is probably
	64K data object size limitations due to the
	fun way Intel designs cpu's. Going to an
	inexpensive 680x0-based system, if it's a
	viable option for you, will solve that problem
	nicely. "smail 2.5" ports quite easily to
	AmigaDos as well since it is a fully
	multi-tasking O/S with pipes etc...

Cheers,
-- 
  (__)	 Bruce Becker	Toronto, Ontario
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