ml> good point! but, sadly, not all areas can use fully spelled out   
    ml> directory names... this one, however, fits perfectly into the 8.3   
    ml> format! ;) :)   
      
    RW> Kinda like putting a European echo name into FastEcho. Their   
    RW> tendency to insert a . between two words doesn't always work out   
    RW> like it should.    
      
   it works fine for echotags... however, not all software creates area names   
   based on the tags and not all software can handle long filenames...   
      
   FWIW: those dots in the area names have their origination in the usenet   
   newsgroups formats... the dots were seen as directory separators so there was   
   easy conversion... i do it here with my JAMbases but am still limited to 8.3   
   lengths for each of them...   
      
   eg:    
   alt.audio.pro                     X:\JAM\GRPS\ALT\AUDIO\PRO   
   rec.audio.pro.live-sound          X:\JAM\GRPS\REC\AUDIO\PRO\LIVE-SND   
   rec.arts.movies.production.sound  X:\JAM\GRPS\REC\ARTS\MOVIES\PRODUCTI.ON\SOUND   
      
   MSG areas can also easily use this style...   
      
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