On 2017 Jun 20 16:58:46, you wrote to me:   
      
    JD>>> DM cant do much to make it compatible.  DB does not support the   
    JD>>> message base unfortunately   
      
    ML>> it supports the MSG message base format... in sbbsecho only but it is   
    ML>> there and not really configurable other than maybe defining the   
    ML>> directory to use... sbbsecho uses it to communicate with other   
    ML>> non-mailer software, too... interbbs games have to use MSG format as   
    ML>> they don't know BSO and can't make FTN PKTs... this is also how   
    ML>> sbbsecho communicates with non-BSO mailers... he could probably also   
    ML>> make it directly compatible with dB... problem is how many folks are   
    ML>> still using a non-BSO mailer these days... DM did ask for some   
    ML>> volunteers with non-BSO mailers to please test the new code but no   
    ML>> one responded...   
      
    JD> Yeah, I remember, but there is still the problem of netmail,  DB can't   
    JD> read Synchronet's netmail database or vice versa.  Nor can db read   
    JD> Sync's message bases   
      
   that's where the MSG base comes in right there in the middle...   
      
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