On 2018 Mar 05 20:59:46, you wrote to me:   
      
    FB>>> After doing this, I can't see any new messages for that particular   
    FB>>> area at JAMNNTPD...   
      
    ml>> you have to unsubscribe the area and then rejoin it to reset your   
    ml>> news reader's pointers for that area...   
      
    ml>> that's the big difference between BBSes' message areas and news   
    ml>> servers' message areas... on BBSes, the message pointers are kept on   
    ml>> the BBS... on news servers, the message pointers are the   
    ml>> responsibility of the users' news readers...   
      
    FB> Got your point. I had even set up to run it as part of the weekly   
    FB> maintenance, but will belay that at least for now.   
      
   my system(s) always purge and pack the message areas... they should not   
   renumber but at least one tosser i have at hand does automatically renumber   
   and there's nothing that can be done about it other than changing tossers but   
   that isn't going to happen on that system any time soon...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... Your ex just called. She's with Revenue Canada now.   
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