Re: Re: [VirtualNET open?]...

> > Well, Roland has himself said that VBBS 7.1 will write straight to the
> > databases, bypassing VME.
> Ack!  Did he post this publically?
> Gosh, your feed goes flakey for one brief moment and you lose all touch with
> reality....  <g>

It was either in VBBS Technical Support or VirtualNet Area Co-ordinators, I
can't recall which.

Let's see if I can VQUOT the post to you. Yes, here it is, with the relevant
section highlighted:
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Area: VBBS Technical Support
From: Roland De Graaf #1@1 VirtualNET
  To:  #1@1905008 VirtualNET
  On: Tue Jun 06, 1995 22:18:27
  Re: Rewriting Programs...
Re: Rewriting Programs...

> > > I could kludge VFIDO to stay within current 32Kb message limit (how long
> > > that remain if Roland gets Planet Connecting and Internetting?) or I coul
> > > release a replacement to VME that works faster and handles any message si
> > Release a replacent?  Does that mean it's already operational?  I'd be up f
> > that.  While I'm impressed with the work I've seen on Roland's BBS as of
> > late, a little competition could NEVER hurt!
>  There already is a VME toss replacement almost done..Called VTOSS.ZIP (for
> now), and can be FREQed at 1905008 or FidoNet 1:229/125.

I've already fixed VME.EXE to handle messages greater than 32k.
The new limit is 100k, which should be more then adequate.

I also had to make a few other changes to the overall set of
of programs to cope with the potential larger messages.

I should warn you that running a VME-replacement which passes
messages larger than 32k on to any current VBBS 7.00 or prior
installation may cause unforeseen technical difficulties.

(Actually, I should mention that the version of VBBS I am running
also has an option to toss public messages directly into the databases,
bypassing VME entirely. This does not hamper gating, and results
in somewhat faster overall processing. Actually, the version I'm
running has a lot of improvements over VBBS 7.00. I'd post a list,
but I don't want to reveal to the competition what I am working on yet.)

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