19 Dec 16 17:19, you wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    ml>> (eg: another message base maint tool purging and packing and not   
    ml>> updating the watermark due to format differences)   
      
    BF>     Ah yes. How can we prevent something like that happening? It's   
    BF> truly a PITA whenever it happens.   
      
   Never let any maintenance tool to renumber jam bases. It will destroy the   
   numbering in nntp client.   
      
   As far as I know, packing message base with sqpack (husky) does not renumber.   
   Not sure about "hptutil pack". Also with GEcho and Fastecho it is possible to   
   purge and pack without renumbering. Don't know about any other tossers.   
      
   'Tommi   
      
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