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|    August Abolins to Rob Swindell    |
|    a classic QWK areas shifting problem    |
|    07 Feb 22 09:49:00    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.21@fidonet f934b7f4       REPLY: 3207.consprcy@1:103/705 26662629       PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0500       Hello Rob Swindell!              ** On Monday 07.02.22 - 01:17, Rob Swindell wrote to mark lewis:               >> AA> QWK system/distribution has "classic" problems?        >>        >> it is a long-standing (aka classic) problem for QWK        >> setups... QWK uses message area numbers to identify message        >> areas... if a BBS adds a message area, all the areas after        >> it are pushed down another number...               RS> Some BBSes may work that way, but not all. Synchronet, for        RS> example, has long supported 'static QWK conference number'        RS> assignment, so re-arrangement of message areas by the        RS> sysop does not have to mess-up users' (or QWKnet nodes')        RS> pending REP packets (resulting in the problem you        RS> described). --              Ah.. then I must update my commentary: Synchronet-QWKnet        systems are near perfection. ? :D              --        ../|ug       --- OpenXP 5.0.51        * Origin: My Westcoast Point (1:153/757.21)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 30/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131       SEEN-BY: 124/5016 129/305 330 331 134/100 153/0 105 135 757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 203/0 218/700 221/0 1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 317 400       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 428 664 700 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/464 5003       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 292/8125 301/0 1 101 113 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/120 460/58 712/848 770/1 3634/12 5020/1042       PATH: 153/757 280/464 301/1 229/426           |
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