RS> Normally an OLR cant do that reply linking itself cos even tho it
RS> knows the number of the message being replied to, that number may
RS> change between the downloading of the QWK and the uploading of the
RS> REP later. Many systems, particularly the Hudson message base systems
RS> like seen with RA, renumber overnight. PCBoard system almost never
RS> do, but they are exception, most systems have renumbered overnight in
RS> the past as part of the mail maintenance.

AM> Which is why I asked the question, because for us, the messages are
AM> renumbered every day aren't they, and have for every board I've ever
AM> used, and so have never been able to use the feature, and so that's
AM> why I wanted to clarify Pauls message... 

He appears to be renumbering some areas nightly, particularly AVT, but
not the smaller ones. But yes, its all a bit useless for QWKs the way we
read them with a conventional QWK reader. Some of the database QWK
readers can use the data tho. Points are a different matter.