AM> In a message to Anthony about "tobruk bug", Paul said:



 PM>> I doubt that sqpack is the culprit. Most sysops would run

 PM>> it fairly regularly and their users would be jumping up and

 PM>> down if it reset the last read pointers.



 AM> Yeah, PaulE concurs too.



So, have you run it to see if it make any difference to your tossing speed?



 PM>> Wouldn't it be less hassle to run PQWK to convert your packets to QWK?



 AM> Could well be, I just have no intention of joining the ranks of the

 AM> multitude of beta testers (a pensioner, a kiwi, a wog and Rod Speed) for

 AM> it yet, who incidentally seem to continuously be reporting problems...

 AM> ;)



But surely if these guys can manage to do it, it would be really easy for
you 



It does seem that PQWK is a bit of a dog. If it was written properly it
wouldn't be too bad. Hmmm, I've been looking for another project now I've
finished my packet sorter...



 AM> Besides, a proper windoze version may be in the pipeline, rather

 AM> than the current kludgy method of using single task utilities held

 AM> together by batch files...  Then again, that's pretty much all ours is

 AM> at the moment I suppose... ;)



What does a 'proper' Windows version consist of? Is this just replacing the
mailer and PQWK, or going the whole way and incorporating a message reader
as well?



 AM>> I'm a PC user, not a masochist. ;)



 PM>> Not a masochist? This from the man who runs the worlds most

 PM>> complicated point setup!



 AM> Yeah, well...  It was all Pauls doing anyway!  I just click on the icon

 AM> and hope it all works and call him when it doesn't. ;)



And when you call him, all he says it "Use Tobruk!".





Paul



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