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   Message 952 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   point softare PROS and CONS   
   03 May 19 14:57:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d811e90a   
   REPLY: 2:221/360 5ccb032a   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 02.05.19 at 17:48, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    >> Comments   
    >> ========   
    >>   
    >> [Apoint] CONS   
    >> -------------   
    >> "- JAM support broken. Only Apoint message base (AMF) supported."   
    >>   
    >> way back in 2003, I said this: "APoint will handle a JAM message base   
    >> that APoint itself has created ......". As development stopped   
    >> sometime in 2001, I'm assuming that my statement from 2003 is still   
    >> correct. However, we've recently discovered a cosmetic issue when   
    >> converting an existing AMF format message area to JAM format. Based on   
    >> all that, it may be better to say something along the lines of   
    >> "Cosmetic issue after converting an AMF format area to JAM format".   
    >> I'll leave it up to you to decide what to do :-)   
      
    AA> So.. "Apoint JAM base = Proprietary + Fails to display Quantity of   
    AA> messages in Area list.   
      
   Errrrrrrm, no, APoint AMF message base = proprietary.   
      
    AA> To me, "cosmetic" would imply an affect on something that works but   
    AA> renders differently.   
      
   Hmmmmm, I'll have to think about that one :)   
      
    AA> In this case, message count is completely missing.  :(   
      
   Yes, that's correct but the messages are still there when you go into     
   the message list.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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