[comp.mail.mush] DOS Mush and the 128-character command line

trier@cwlim.CWRU.EDU (Stephen C. Trier) (09/13/90)

I just lost yet another message to the 128-character command line limit
in DOS.  Is there any chance of getting Mush to spawn the mailer multiple
times, filling up the command line with as many addresses as possible
each time?  I first came across this approach in the Unix smail, and it
works quite well.

In addition, is there any hope of adding a disk-swapping spawn() to Mush?
Right now, smail just barely fits into memory with Mush.  With a swapping
version, it should even be possible to port Deliver 2.0 to DOS to provide
a extremely capable mail environment.

Obligatory Plug for smail/PC: smail/PC is a port of the Unix smail2.5
smart mailer to MS-DOS.  It replaces the mailer.exe and uuio.exe programs
of Mush-PC, providing full multiple-host support, smart routing, and other
features.  smail/PC is free, and is available by mail from SIMTEL20,
wuarchive.wustl.edu, and by mail to sct@seldon.clv.oh.us

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