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   Dale Shipp to August Abolins   
   Re: the woes and whims o   
   04 Dec 19 02:34:00   
   
   MSGID: 1:261/1466.0 5de76168   
    -=> On 12-04-19  02:37,  August Abolins <=-   
    -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about the woes and whims o <=-   
      
    DS> The way that I read the echos is to download a QWK packet   
    DS> from Maximus. I then read that packet using BlueWave in my..   
      
    AA> Ah!                                              ^^^^^^^^   
      
    AA> That explains why the original subject line got cut off a bit!  LOL   
    AA> Can you implement something that supports QWKE packets?    
    AA> QWKE is supposed to fix the problem of the 25-char limit in    
    AA> QWK.   
      
   I have heard that, but not sure that Bluewave supports it or not.  In   
   any case, I'm happy with what has worked quite well for me for a quarter   
   century.   
      
    AA> Do you use the BW format packets in Bluewave or do you use    
    AA> the fall-back QWK format?   
      
   I never installed a BW door on my Maximus.   
      
    AA> Durango is supposed to operate more like a database and    
    AA> allows you to combine the contents of previous QWK packets    
    AA> all together too.   
      
   I have apps that can combine QWK packets, but do not have any desire to   
   do so.   
      
                                  Dale Shipp   
                     fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net   
                                 (1:261/1466)   
      
      
      
   ... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 02:38:04, 04 Dec 2019   
   ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30   
      
   --- Maximus/NT 3.01   
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