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Re: The beginning of the end of Remote Mailslots as part of Windows Insider

MauricioH73's avatar
MauricioH73
Copper Contributor
Feb 07, 2025

Hi Karl, there are hundreds of thousands of applications that use a hardware key whose manufacturer claims that communication with a key server works through MailSlot. Take a look at this:

https://www.hardkey.com.ar/descargas/preguntas-frecuentes/
Translate the page into English if necessary.

I guess the manufacturer will soon offer a solution, but in the meantime, it seems to be a very important dependency of MailSlot.

Published Feb 07, 2025
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2 Comments

  • Karl-WE's avatar
    Karl-WE
    MVP

    Thanks for bringing this up. If possible, please inform the vendor about this deprecation. News like this might slip. 

    • axelr's avatar
      axelr
      Copper Contributor

      That’s not now it works. The mailslots will stay.