Hi Paul



 PM>> if you're running OS/2 then I've got a program that will sort the

 PM>> inbound packets into subject order. If you're running DOS, then you're

 PM>> out of luck as my program is too memory hungry to run in 640K. I guess

 PM>> I could compile it with GNU 386 and it would probably run under DOS.



 RM> Not got OS/2. Got Dos5 and dv. Dv makes the base mem requirements a

 RM> bit tighter.



Memory will be even tighter, actually. Ppoint runs Bink by shelling

and running a batch file, so the sorting prog will have to run

after Bink and before Ppoint returns from shell. In a typical dv

window, this leaves me with 315k of ram. EMS/XMS should be

available, though.



 RM> However, if you're willing to part with the msgbase specs, I'll

 RM> cheerfully write my own sorter. This is beginning to be a pest. I'd

 RM> started this reply a few days ago, and it took me some time to find

 RM> it again tonight to finish it.



 PM> There's no message base in my program.



Hokay, then how bout the "packet" specs?? 



 PM> The way it works is to take the

 PM> packets you download from Paul and sort them into subject order and

 PM> create a new packet. This packet would then be fed into PPoint as

 PM> normal. This assumes that PPoint puts the messages on its messages

 PM> base in the order they were in the packet.



It seems to do so.



 PM> The way I've written it there's no chance it would run under DOS

 PM> unless you use something like GNU to compile it. I don't have the DOS

 PM> version of GNU so I can't try it.



If I sign a non-disclosure agreement in blood, could I have a go at

rewriting it for limited ram under BC++?



Cheers



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