GA> It is only my hpt there not like to open .msg files for scan and pack   
    GA> functions by linux, it can normal read the netmail as .msg but not open   
    GA> and scan and pack them, so when I run makenl has I to use another   
    GA> path and manual move the messages to a squish netmail area.   
      
    KvE>  That does not seem like a problem makenl should resolve, by   
    KvE> exporting  to a squish message base. In essence I understand that   
    KvE> you have two  netmail bases, one with .msg and one in squish   
    KvE> format.    
      
   that's my understanding...   
      
    KvE> The systems I have  seen with hpt, use only one netmail base in    
    KvE> .msg format. All other  areas are then in squish format. I can    
    KvE> imagine that telling hpt that  it has two netmail areas is a   
    KvE> bit of a stretch.   
      
   it should not be any problem at all... MSG are generally used for mailer   
   netmail areas while JAM, Squish, HMB, Ezycom, and other formats used for   
   netmail are generally for the BBS users to access netmail... i have 4 netmail   
   areas on my system... one for the mailer (MSG), one for my personal netmail in   
   the mailer (MSG) and the others (JAM) in the BBS for the users... two of them   
   in the BBS because i have two FTNs here and i keep each FTN's netmail separate   
   in the BBS...   
      
   i suspect that the OP's other MSG area should simply be configured in HPT as   
   just another BBS area but in MSG format... surely HPT can handle more than one   
   netmail area...   
      
   if it is specifically a problem of HPT handling MSG files on *nix, that is   
   something that needs to be looked into... i can't see this being a problem but   
   it could be... that's for the HPT folks to figure out ;)   
      
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