On 10/05/14, Paul Quinn pondered and said...   
       
    PQ> Long tags are fine, even those based on Usenet groups.  If you let FE    
    PQ> auto-create areas then even the filenames will still be kosher.   
      
   That was the problem at the time I posted, I had tried to get FE to play nice   
   with AVERYLONG_FILENAME and it didn't like it.   
      
   I'll be in touch with some netmail questions soon :-)   
      
   Best, Paul   
      
      
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