Mark,   
      
    ml@> yo're looking at this too deeply or something... it appears that   
    ml@> there's a simple serial number being used... it is incremented each   
    ml@> time one is pulled... the problem is that with all your switching back   
    ml@> and forth from package to package and reinstalling and such, the   
    ml@> counter starts over each time... ask steve where the counter is stored   
    ml@> so you can edit it to a higher value and the duplication of serial   
    ml@> numbers will be thwarted... i don't know if it is VFIDO that is putting   
    ml@> the MSGID into the messages or not... i would think NOT because it   
    ml@> wouldn't be able to properly support the REPLY control lines but   
    ml@> anyway, just figure out how to change that number and then keep up with   
    ml@> that file in case you decide to switch again or have to reinstall VADV   
    ml@> again...   
      
     Steve is so busy with other things that I have no idea when I'll get   
   a reply.   
      
     I really don't want to try to go to another BBS and set up an account   
   to read echoes...I prefer them on my BBS, but some of the message    
   networks I have only offer FTN access, and NOT QWK Networking.   
      
     To make matters worse, the file transfer deal (VXYZ) apparently is   
   timing out on some transfers. Then, CEXYZ locked on me when I tried to   
   get this packet, and would not take a test file upload.   
      
     If this wasn't bad enough, my Mom's copy of Windows 7 32-bit that   
   we bought from Amazon apparently has an invalid key. When we tried   
   to get support, or contact them...never mind trying to get a new    
   copy...we were bombarded with "upgrade to Windows 10". I said "SCREW   
   THAT!!". So, we went on Amazon, and ordered a new copy, which was $50   
   more than what we paid when we ordered it earlier this month. I guess   
   M$ is trying to get rid of all the copies of anything before Windows   
   10, and FORCE everyone to go to it.   
      
     Then, after the DYN DDoS crash on Friday (thankfully, my Mom and   
   I were out on errands much of the day), and all this mess...I've   
   about had it with computers this week.   
      
     I really don't want to change software, and I'd rather drop all of   
   the message networks, and make it a local board only. No one else   
   reads the other areas anyway.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... A computer's attention span is limited by its power cord.   
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