Hi Björn.   
      
   27 Nov 18 11:14:04, you wrote to me:   
      
    TK>> Message count does not really matter, linking is done only for the   
    TK>> just-tossed messages.   
      
    BF>    ???   
      
    BF>    In order to find the message linking to, surely the program must search   
    BF> the entire message base?   
      
   When linking JAM with CRC, it is done in index files, not in msg files.   
      
   See the difference in size :   
      
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    Directory of  K:\bbs\msgbase\*.jdt   2 774 272 778 bytes   
      
    Directory of  K:\bbs\msgbase\*.jdx      11 077 696 bytes   
      
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   'Tommi   
      
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