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Hello Wayne - 

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WC> I merely select the QWK menu and all is well. AAMOF this
WC> morning I downloaded my first corrupt QWK packet in years
WC> and had to upload my previous QWK pointer file recovered
WC> with undelete in order to see and reply to this message. I
WC> like QWK. I _did_ mess around with BW for the trial period
WC> before YR2K but at that time was happy with freeware or at
WC> least thought freeware was better on the whole than the
WC> extras BW threw in at it's cost. 

The BW OLR user-interface was almost perfect for a text based
interface. 

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CA>> There is no automated function for that even in the one I
CA>> rewrote that I use daily. I didn't have a need for that at
CA>> the time. I could add it but am not needing it now either. 

WC> I've got to get around to installing ATP, I've snagged it
WC> but haven't yet installed it. 

The version 1.5 ATP is good and small too. :-) 

CA>> Many/most BBS sorely need a function to globally reset
CA>> message pointers to "date" and newer. Several BBS will
CA>> reset message pointers even on failed downloads which does
CA>> still happen from time to time. :-\ 

WC> You mean like on this mornings packet download which
WC> contained your reply? It's your fault you done hexed the
WC> machine  

Possible but not likely. 

WC> Chowdanet has that rather scarce ability to reset message
WC> pointers either to date or back n number of messages
WC> globally. 

Sounds good. :-) 

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CA>> Even new users might prefer to just scan FIDO from "date"
CA>> rather than go through the somewhat tedious chore of
CA>> setting each message area individually. 

WC> telnet Chowdanet.com This board allows precisely the reset
WC> option you desire in the QWK menu _Y_our settings. 

I will take a looksee. 

CA>> This process discourages me from adding additional echos
CA>> to my QWK downloads. I really don't like the
CA>> user-interface and avoid it if at all possible. 

WC> No big deal for me. 

I am easilly turned away by 'ugly' these days. Ugly code, ugly
execution, lots of ugliness out there. ;-) 

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