PE> How come it didn't ask you if you wanted "Current Area",
"Tagged
 PE> Areas" etc?   I have tried it out locally, and 1) it came up with that 
 PE> message, 2) it worked.  Can you tell me the exact sequence 
 PE> of commands you typed in when you had gone "M" to get to 
 PE> the messages section, then "A xxx" to get to Aust_AVTech.  
 PE> What did you do then?  BFN.

Tried it again. Results:

  BBS                                   Me      why
  
 top menu                               M       msg areas
 menu                                   A       area
 Msg area?                              26  find avtech
 area menu                              B       browse
 browse menu                            C       current area
 type menu                              Y       your mail
 display menu                           P       pack into QWK
 does a little search display, then
 Download these in QWK format?[Y,n]     Y       yes, compress and dnload pls
 Compressing mail. Please wait...
 Error compressing messages.  Please report this to your SysOp.
 Press ENTER to continue      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                              I hear and obey, o master.
                              
Reason for using Browse: I really don't know yet where I'm going to
get which mail, but I'll use at least two sources for Avtech to try
to dodge the bit bucket: one main source (all mail) and one second
source (my mail only). If this can't be fixed, I may be forced to
demote you to Prime Source. Be warned.

Cheers
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