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   Nicholas Boel to Tommi Koivula   
   What?   
   19 Dec 16 11:24:38   
   
   Hello Tommi,   
      
   On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:14:34 +0200, Tommi Koivula -> Nicholas Boel wrote:   
      
    NB>> So with that said, if I read further than the message I reply to, the   
    NB>> message wouldn't be scanned?   
      
    TK> The lastread pointers are not the watermark. Tosser remembers the last   
    TK> message it has scanned. If for some reason the messages are renumbered   
    TK> or something else illegal happens, the tosser may not start scanning at   
    TK> the right place.   
      
    TK> In theory it is possible, but not very likely.   
      
   Thanks for the description, Tommi. I understand now - and it may indeed be a   
   good option for me, since I access the same JAM areas with multiple programs   
   and editors, so the possibility of illegal things happening seems to be   
   getting higher and higher. :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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