PE> "del messages.dat" (e.g.) should do the trick nicely.

 RS> Dunno, my superficial reaction is that its a bit hairy but 
 RS> then I dont know that much about Hudson message base 
 RS> systems.

It's not hairy, because you've already extracted your QWK packet, which is
all you're after.  The message base can go to hell for all you care. 
Anyhow, ftools will purge it down to 1 day if you want.  BFN.

Paul

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