BL>          I don't understand what's happening with PQWK202. You told me
 BL> that I had to use QWK2PKT with the -Ttenmin.tbl parameter, and Rod
 BL> told me to remove the -T entirely. Both work! Exactly the same... but
 BL> to make your way work, I had to copy tenmin.tbl into the work
 BL> directory before QWK2PKT could find it

My way reads the table, his way reads the control.dat.

 BL>   The other problem is PKT2QWK. It won't use the control.dat with the
 BL> correct address header. It keeps making up one of its own (A BBS,
 BL> Somewhere, A. Sysop...) just the way it has all along. I thought you
 BL> said you'd fixed that. With PQWK200, I got sick of stuffing around and

I didn't know that I'd fixed it.  Does anyone else have this problem?

 BL> hacked PKT2QWK directly, putting your correct address in the exe file
 BL> and my name instead of A. Ghost, but there has to be an easier way
 BL> than that! Could you add the name header to tenmin.tbl, and have it
 BL> read that? Or add an address parameter like the -IYour_Name one?

I think a parameter is the way to go.  Do I need "sysop name" and
"bbs name" fields?

 BL>   It seems inelegant to me, to have two sets of data files: tenmin.tbl
 BL> and control.dat when one of them doesn't work anyway.

I didn't think control.dat was used any more.  BFN.

[later].  I've had a look, and PKT2QWK should be using the "-I"
parameter to specify your name.  Are you sure you're not using an old
control.dat from somewhere?  The "some bbs, somewhere" is
hardcoded in the program, but that only affects my name, not yours.  Why do
you care about that?  The phone number is there too.  I'm loathe to change
tenmin.tbl, as the whole program is running with the aid of sticky-tape
already.

Paul

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