Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:27:25 +0200 (IST)
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Martin Steuer wrote:

> Hey, I've just downloaded Blat. On the Blat Site I found also a link to 
> getmail. Are you using getmail for incoming mail?

No, I fetch my mail using the Windows binary of movemail program that 
comes with Emacs.  You can also ftp into your server and copy the mailbox 
directly, if the server allows that (Emacs can read mail from a disk 
file).

> So it would be optimal 
> if you could send me the code!

Will do later.

> > Note that in general it's not a good idea to invoke subprograms via the 
> > shell, since COMMAND.COM has too many limitations (such as too short 
> > command-line length limit) that will bite you further down the road.
> 
> 
> So how do you invoke Blat?

I invoke it directly, and I have a modified libc.a that supports 
invocation of Windows programs with long command lines (code lifted from 
the CVS libc).