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   Janis Kracht to mark lewis   
   BH+G 2740   
   10 Sep 16 18:20:18   
   
   > 10 Sep 16 15:28, you wrote to me:   
      
   >>> apparently the BBS added at least one more new message area and pushed   
   >>> the COOKING echo out of place... this is just one of several problems   
   >>> that QWK offline mail carries with it :(   
      
   >> Yep.. I sometimes wish users would log in, read bulletins and THEN run   
   >> their batch files to grab mail, etc.. :)   
      
   > yeah but that blows the order of operations out... the user probably already   
   > has a packet to upload which may be the main reason for their connection...   
      
   True, though most OLR download bulletins IIRC... could be wrong there :)   
      
   > that packet is based on how the areas looked before the change... unless the   
   > users have some way to edit/change the raw data files for their replies, i   
   > don't know how they would be able to handle the situation other than manually   
   > downloading and replying all over again... i'm just not aware of such tools   
   >being available but it has been since the '80s that i've done any real offline   
   > mail stuffs...   
      
   Same here.. quite a while at least :)   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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