my web host has .pl files mapped to perl, but not .cgi.

they tell me that their "servers are able to meet the system requirements of the UBB product"...and continue by advising that "should be able to work around this easily enough by modifying all the .cgi file extentions to .pl or .plx"

am i still able to use the UBB?

their suggestion seems somewhat ridiculous considering all the files involved in the UBB...
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