PE> and you will have more trouble getting support.  minpdos2 has a
PE> Binkley/Squish/Msged suite, which is not as good as the other one
PE> (still far superior to QWKing of course), there is a corresponding

FM> Can you tell me this. At the moment I use

FM>  1. Telix with a script to call TML.

Binkley.

FM>  2. PKTJOIN to merge all the packets together.

Not required.

FM>  3. PKT2QWK to make them into QWKs.

Not required.

FM>  4. OLX to read the messages.

Msged.

FM>  5. OLX's inbuilt editor to write replies (but could configure it to
FM>     an external one of my choice).

Msged.  I personally use emacs as an external editor, but most use
the internal editor.  It is better to use the internal editor, but
I'm a stick-in-the-mud old fart.

FM>  6. OLX's Save function to store any messages I want to reply to but
FM>     not right now.

They just stay there.  They will be mixed up with your other
ones, with no way to tell which are special and which aren't.

FM>  7. OLX's Export function to save to text files (let's call this
FM>     collection of text files a primitive "message base")
any messages
FM>     I want to keep (relatively) permanently.

Alt-W in MSGED.

FM>  8. QWK2PKT to change the QWKs back into packets.

Not required.

FM>  9. A batch file to run Telix, do the conversions, and other
FM>     housekeeping stuff like saving the inbounds in case there's a
FM>     problem in PKT2QWK etc.

The batch file that comes with minpdos2.

FM> 10. A text editor to update TENMIN.TBL when necessary.

You also need to update squish.cfg when necessary (ie when adding
areas).

FM> 11. Ditto to create REQs and TICs when necessary.

squish get fred.zip 3:711/934 crash
squish send joe.zip 3:711/934 crash
squish send joe.tic 3:711/934 crash

FM> 12. Memory to remember to put the address in Netmail messages.

Msged does this automatically, although you can change the address
should you so desire.  It even does it automatically when you are
doing a netmail reply to an echomail message.  

PE> P.S. Anthony just polled today.

FM> Hi, Anthony.

I didn't say he read LOCSYSOP though.  He's just an arsewipe that
hooks into millions of echos, doesn't read any of them, and polls
once/month to get them.  I might have to abuse him one of these
days.

ANTHONY - YOU'RE A FUCKWIT!

BFN.  Paul.
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