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|    mark lewis to Manuel Adorni    |
|    Problem with sysop user    |
|    01 Sep 15 13:44:24    |
      01 Sep 15 09:33, you wrote to me:               ml>> run "RAMGR /U" to use the user editor and look at the records to see        ml>> if they contain proper data... you might want to copy your RA data        ml>> files to a safe place before using RAMGR or editing any records...               MA> Yeah, I thought so too. I can not figure out which is the software        MA> that can be modified.It may be the AMU 3.20?              i don't have any idea... it is possible that it is an external door rewriting       the EXITINFO.BBS file which RA reimports when returning from the external       door... back in the day, i wrote utilities to split the EXITINFO.BBS file into       the old format and the new data in another file... that allowed old doors to       work and update the file which was then merged back together before returning       to RA so that corruption did not happen like this...              the main things to look for are               1. what version of RA are you running?        2. do your external doors and tools specifically recognize that RA version.              if they do not explicitly state that they work with your version of RA, stop       using them, fix the user file errors, and then try them one at the time to see       if the corruption returns... i've dropped most all of my external tools other       than the ones i wrote myself and compiled with the proper structures for the       RA i'm running... especially doors and utils that update the user record       information...              )\/(ark              ... Before eating take a little time to thank the food. -Arapaho saying       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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