> 10 Sep 16 15:28, you wrote to me:
>>> apparently the BBS added at least one more new message area and pushed
>>> the COOKING echo out of place... this is just one of several problems
>>> that QWK offline mail carries with it :(
>> Yep.. I sometimes wish users would log in, read bulletins and THEN run
>> their batch files to grab mail, etc.. :)
> yeah but that blows the order of operations out... the user probably already
> has a packet to upload which may be the main reason for their connection...
True, though most OLR download bulletins IIRC... could be wrong there :)
> that packet is based on how the areas looked before the change... unless the
> users have some way to edit/change the raw data files for their replies, i
> don't know how they would be able to handle the situation other than manually
> downloading and replying all over again... i'm just not aware of such tools
>being available but it has been since the '80s that i've done any real offline
> mail stuffs...
Same here.. quite a while at least :)
Take care,
Janis
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