EV>Howdy! Daryl,   
      
   Hi, Ed...   
      
   EV>I'm using the DOS version of MultiMail, the Windows version of MM uses   
   EV>Notepad.   
      
     Didn't know there was a DOS version of it. But, I've got OLX set up   
   and configured (plus registered; I don't think you can register it any   
   more), so, I'm going to stick with it.   
      
   EV>I opened Notepad and tried entering a Alt Number and saw nothing show up   
   EV>on the screen as You said it would.   
      
     Notepad can not handle the high ascii characters -- like holding the   
   ALT-key down, while you enter a number (i.e. 1 to 255), then releasing   
   the ALT key...then the high ascii character will appear.   
      
   EV>I quit using SLMR when I learned that MM showed ALL of the lines in long   
   EV>BBS messages.   
      
     I think OLX does, but I don't scroll through the long messages.   
   That's why when I post things like the Amateur Radio Newsline, I   
   intentionally split it up into 4 parts. Plus, the way it's downloaded   
   from their website, I have to reformat it for 75 characters per line, or   
   less...so it'll display in the message areas...as well as in the ham   
   radio doors on the BBS.   
      
   EV>Does OLX end messages as SLMR does?   
      
     I'm not sure.   
      
   EV>Didn't both Programs come from the same Company.   
      
     Yes, they did. OLX followed SLMR, and both were produced by Mustang   
   Software, which produced the Wildcat BBS Software.   
      
   EV>I also liked MM being able to save Taglines longer than 57 characters.   
   EV>I noticed when I used SLMR that Taglines in messages longer than 57 had   
   EV>the end of them cut off when I Added them to SLMR's TAGLINE.MR file.   
      
     That's the only limitation to OLX that I don't like...but I've gotten   
   so where I can deal with that.   
      
   EV>I have had a problem using MM when Mike Powell sends a message to Me in   
   EV>a local echo on His BBS.   
   EV>I then use SLMR to read His message to me when I get a .QWK packet   
   EV>containing one of those messages.   
      
     The main way I prefer to read messages on the BBS...email and   
   otherwise...is via QWK Mail.   
      
   EV>Otherwise I'm happy using MM, I occasionally use MM WIN when I want to   
   EV>C&P some text into a message that I'm writing.   
      
     I figured how to do that with OLX. It's the View File option under   
   V)iew. Then, you go to the ascii file you want, then copy the data.   
   Then, you go back to the original reply window, and click on Paste.   
      
   EV>I've tried the Sempoint reader for awhile, but went back to using MM   
   EV>(and SLMR occasionally) to read messages in .QWK packets.   
      
     I took a look at that, and wasn't that thrilled with it.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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