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Hello Wayne - 

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JN>> The only thing I can't do using BW on a QWK system is add
JN>> and delete message areas to scan. That has to be done
JN>> while on-line. 

WC> MultiMail merely uses S for subscribe and U for unsubscribe
WC> and it's worked on every board but one I've tried it on.
WC> You just use L to open long listing and select and
WC> unselect, each request goes up in the .REP packet and with
WC> the next download you've got them. 

I seem to recall that not being able to subscribe and
unsubscribe within a BW door was a limitation of the BW door?
Maybe not. It's been awhile since I used BW or it's door(s). 

The maintainer of MM wrote a door, VALENCE?, but I don't see it
being used often and don't 'get around' to many BBS anymore
either. 

WC> However I've not figured out how or if it's possible to set
WC> message pointers somehow. Seems to me IIRC there was a
WC> kludge for doing so offline but I may be wrong on that one. 

I don't think there is/was. Again, not sure. I've not used the
ability to subscribe/unsubscribe offline for quite some time
and in ATP it has to be done manually. There is no automated
function for that even in the one I rewrote that I use daily. I
didn't have a need for that at the time. I could add it but am
not needing it now either. 

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

Even new users might prefer to just scan FIDO from "date"
rather than go through the somewhat tedious chore of setting
each message area individually. This process discourages me
from adding additional echos to my QWK downloads. I really
don't like the user-interface and avoid it if at all possible. 

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