08 Jul 16 10:59, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> with the server's feed... are you still using HPT on that server? are   
    >> you packing and purging old messages out in your maint, if you run   
    >> such? IIRC, HPT forces a renumber which will wreck havoc like this... i   
    >> wish HPT didn't force the renumbering of the messages or at least it   
    >> would make it an option... i prefer not to renumber at all...   
      
    TK> I am using hpt at this jamnntpd server, I do not pack/purge, and I   
    TK> haven't seen automatic renumbering to happen.   
      
   right... automatic renumbering only happens when you pack and purge... i   
   should be more specific... it is pack that causes renumbering... personally i   
   can't see any reason for deleting old posts and not packing them out to make   
   the base smaller... see the fourth point in the below...   
      
   ==== Begin "ReadMe_hpt.txt"  ====   
      
   Some notes on using JamNNTPd with the hpt tosser from the Husky project:   
      
    * The fidoconfig2jamnntpd.pl script found on the JamNNTPd homepage can be   
      used to convert your area configuration to a jamnntpd.groups file.   
      
    * If you want JamNNTPd to display the From address correctly, you need to   
      run it with the -readorigin switch.   
      
    * When hpt creates JAM messagebases, it does not create the lastread (*.jlr)   
      file. JamNNTPd will not be able to open an area unless all four JAM files   
      are present. The checkgroups.pl script from the JamNNTPd homepage can be   
      used to create missing *.jlr files.   
      
    * Do NOT pack your messagebase with "hpt pack". When hpt packs a messagebase,   
      it will also renumber it. This will cause the article numbers in JamNNTPd   
      to change which will confuse most newsreaders.   
      
    * JamNNTPd can optionally create an echomail.jam files with the paths to   
      messagebases with messages to export. This file can not be used to tell   
      hpt what areas to scan, but it can be converted to an echotoss.log file   
      for hpt with the echomailjam2hpt.pl script.   
      
      
   ==== End "ReadMe_hpt.txt" ====   
      
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