Hi! Richard,   
      
   Oh man, your ears must have been burning as I recently started browsing some   
   nodelist search software (but haven't tried any yet).   
      
   On Sat, 19 Mar 11, you wrote to me:   
      
    RW> I know these days you're using your tic file processor written   
    RW> in batch.  I still have other links though, and coordinate a small   
    RW> fdn so I'm still using a full blown tic processor.   
      
   It looks like you're keeping tabs on my batch file website doo-hickey.  :)    
   Yeah, I had to rewvert to using my Tic2Dir batch file when the old TICK 2.10   
   dropped dead, after I cloned the whole Fido PC to a VirtualBox 'appliance'.    
   (TICK didn't like the new CPU driving the host Ubuntu system.)  I don't have   
   any downlinks and only have a handful of file areas to worry about in any   
   case, so Tic2Dir seemed ideal.   
      
   I'm also half-heartedly hunting down a replacement for Qnode as it dropped   
   dead following the cloning.  It's not an absolute requirement as I no longer   
   run BinkleyTerm but I do like to keep things 'as they were'... because.   
      
    RW> My latest project is some msg area analysis stuff.  I'll   
    RW> drop in in a couple weeks if you're interested and give you   
    RW> a look see at some of it. Hmmm, for that matter might be back with    
    RW> some questions for the gurus around here.   
      
   Okay.  So long as it's simple stuff I might be able to help but I'm always on   
   the lookout for a guru too, as I really really prefer to lurk.   
      
    RW> Btw did you ever get that routine you were working on for   
    RW> busting email digests to post as fido msgs working the way   
    RW> you wanted?   
      
   Ermm, I shelved the whole idea.  My head hurt too much trying to fathom the   
   problem.  The traffic is like about 1-2 messages per night and most of those   
   are solved by hitting [Next] anyhow.  Really 'must read' newsgroup garbage.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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