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|    mark lewis to Flavio Bessa    |
|    Renumbering message bases    |
|    05 Mar 18 09:57:18    |
       On 2018 Mar 05 09:44:54, you wrote to All:               FB> Had recently to pack/renumber my message base because of a corrupted        FB> JAM area.               FB> After doing this, I can't see any new messages for that particular        FB> area at JAMNNTPD...              you have to unsubscribe the area and then rejoin it to reset your news       reader's pointers for that area...              that's the big difference between BBSes' message areas and news servers'       message areas... on BBSes, the message pointers are kept on the BBS... on news       servers, the message pointers are the responsibility of the users' news       readers...              )\/(ark              Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it       wrong...       ... Perhaps vegetarians should be invaded by America.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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