ST> Can only use either a area number OR a area name in the file and message
 ST> areas, unlike Opus which could use both (and even multiple area names)
 ST> at the same time.
BJ> ????  Are you sure of this?  I haven't tried it, but I didn't think
BJ> it was a Max limitation.  Also, you failed to mention Max 3.x's
BJ> hierarchal message and file "division" ability.
    I'm not sure of anything but if it can be done, I'd like to know how to 
do it (without having to wade through hundreds of Muffin msg's). When I was 
getting ready to switch from Opus to Max I left a msg asking Users if they 
preferred Area Name or numbers. (I had Max temporarily set up on another 
computer and couldn't figure out how to use both). Most of the Users who 
replied said they preferred names since I usually used Echo tags for Area 
names in Opus.
   Later, after I switched, all the whiners who hadn't replied before, and 
who can't spell the Area names that well, spoke up saying numbers were easier 
to type (and spell...)  At the time I just let it pass, thinking now that I 
had Max set up, surely Opus 2.00 would be released any day now and I'd switch 
back.   Next week will be the first anniversary of my attempt to force 
the release of Opus 2.00 by installing Max.   B-)
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