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In article <1008185893snz@dsl.co.uk>
           bhk@dsl.co.uk "Brian {Hamilton Kelly}" writes:

> In article <slrna1e9bl.3o5.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net>
>            malcolm@demon.net "Malcolm Muir" writes:
> 
> > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:24:56 GMT, Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <bhk@dsl.co.uk>
>  wrote:
> > >Indeed, I *had* thought that the OS/2 version of KA9Q was in the
> > >/pub/demon part of the server, along with the DOS version (although
> > >obviously in a different sub-directory).  Perhaps I've forgotten my way
> > >around the server :-(
> > 
> > Only the verions of ka9q that were supported by Demon are in the
> > /pub/demon tree. No OS/2 versions were ever supported.
> 
> That I *can* understand: so I must have been mistaken.

Hmm; I've been in contact with Niel; he confirms that at one time his
version of KA9Q/2 was indeed in the /pub/demon part of the tree.  Indeed,
as I read the 00readme.os2 (dated 5th August 1996) it says:

> 2.  Distribution Kits and Where to Find Them
> --------------------------------------------
>
> The master version of this implementation should always be available from
> ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/demon/os2/files:
>
>     ka9q217d-os2.270.zip        the executable and minimal documentation
>     ka9q217d-os2.270-src.zip    the complete source kit

Niel said to me:

| But it was never supported by Demon because Demon never supported OS/2.

which is fair enough.  I suspect the philosphy of ftp.dcu may have
changed: Malcolm is in the best place to confirm this (if he is able).
ISTM that at one time the /pub/demon part of the tree was not
specifically programs "supported by Demon", but instead programs provided
to facilitate access TO Demon.

Niel comments further:

| Looks like Demon have been ditching things from the FTP server that they
| didn't support.  I still have the source and Makefiles if anybody is
| really interested!

To save the effort, *I* have the sources referenced in the aforementioned
file ka9q217d-os2.270-src.zip, if anyone has the facilities for compiling
same.  (ISTR that Niel used the "official" IBM compiler, namely Microsoft
C++ V6.0 for OS/2, BICBW.  [Together with MASM for the odd assembler
function as well, of course.])

I *do* know that the program still has the bug whereby multiple instances
of the incoming SMTP server daemon all shared one concept of "reject this
sender because of the killfile rules", which could result in valid mail
being incorrectly rejected.  (This was fixed in the DOS version in 1997
by a Demon customer, and the changes incorporated into RC's demi-official
Y2K "beta" release.  There will be other similar changes required to
KA9Q/2 to incorporate RC's other fixes.)

[Follow-ups to dis.os2 alone.]

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."              Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs