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Hello Mark - 

CA>> My understanding (from another post by Mark Lewis?) is
CA>> that the reason you are seeing these (you shouldn't be) is
CA>> the Y2K bug in BlueWave BBS 'doors' that manage uploading
CA>> and downloading of BlueWave packets. 

ml> not the door... the BlueWave _Reader_ that the users use...
ml> it munges the outbound messages because of its y2k bug... i
ml> made mention of the doors because they could be adjusted
ml> slightly to handle this on their end instead of the users
ml> all having to get the available "patch" and apply it...
ml> most users are oblivious whereas responsible sysops
ml> aren't... 

OK, my mistake. :-\ 

ml> i believe the doors are ok but can't speak reliably on
ml> them... i took all mine off system some years back due to
ml> lack of use and problems when arranging the message areas
ml> in logical sequences with autoadded/autoremoved areas... 

I think there are/were Y2K issues with certain BW doors but I
didn't maintain a scorecard. ;-) 

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