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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              --- OpenXP 5.0.38        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/17 229/354 426 1014 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 393/68 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 310/31 280/464 229/426           |
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