On 2017 Aug 16 06:24:18, you wrote to me:

 ml>> created... this was developed jointly by the remoteaccess and fastecho
 ml>> devs when the JAM format was first introduced by the frontdoor and
 ml>> remoteaccess teams... traditional mail tossers will look for those
 ml>> file where the HMB is...

 PQ> Yes.  It is an old lesson re-learned.

:)

 PQ> While both packages insist on having a HMB, FastEcho's unused one has
 PQ> been situated on a 256Kb(!) RAM drive for the last ~15 years, with
 PQ> semaphores and other text files in separate dirs.  A body can't do
 PQ> that with FMail, as that is where the Badmail & Dupes are forced.

yep... JAM badmail and dupes areas are great... my HMB has been empty since
JAM came along back in the development days... if fastecho didn't insist on
creating them even though nothing is defined as using them, it would be
much better...

 PQ> Arggghhh!  ;-)

i feel yer pain, my friend :)

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... You said a mouseful!
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