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In article <865985059snz@wash.demon.co.uk>
           john@wash.demon.co.uk "John Washington" writes:

> Sounds like time to wheel out the idea of dynamically loaded
> modules for ka9q again?
> 
> One way would be to write an NE-executable loader, add
> support for DLLs, and construct ka9q itself from one
> or more such DLLs.
> 
> Heck, if you had the stomach for it you could give those
> modules names like, er, how about USER, KERNEL and GDI?

Infinite Technologies have already done this with their Mach2 and C2SMTP
programs.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Joking apart, it would sure make options like pop3 mail,
> different kinds of nntp clients, and much else feasible
> without having to have one ginormous executable.
> 
> Whether or not it would be more stable than Windoze is
> a matter for conjecture.  :-(
Mach2 is stable and fast and can have DNS and WWW modules added. However
it is commercial and if it's possible to modify KA9Q rather than start
from scratch....

Mike
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