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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Message-Id: <199612172359.AAA19155@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Subject: Re: install of 2.1.6 refuses gateway longer than  16 chars
To: jhs@freebsd.org
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:59:15 +0100 (MET)
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Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
In-Reply-To: <199612171627.RAA10292@vector.jhs.no_domain> from "Julian H. Stacey" at "Dec 17, 96 05:27:56 pm"
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As Julian H. Stacey wrote:

> ... Install of 2.1.6 using slip option ...
> refuses name of gateway to be no longer than screen field size
> thus I can only type
> 	phillip.jhs.no_d
> & not
> 	phillip.jhs.no_domain

The value is to be numerical.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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