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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              --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2        * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)    |
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