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echo: tub
to: Mike Tripp
from: Bob Jones
date: 2003-08-12 22:23:14
subject: Max. number of messages....

BJ> Ok...  I seem to recall "renum" was around.  Last time I
used it was
 BJ> prior to Y2K thou....  As long as you are just renumbering the
 BJ> messages (back to 1.msg, 2.msg, etc.) and not deleting based on time,
 BJ> I would think the code should be fine....  Make a backup copy and
 BJ> test.....

 MT> Did Scott include the source for his renum util bundled 
 MT> with the Maximus distribution (MR.EXE/MRP.EXE)?  New 
 MT> EXEs were also in the Y2K-fix distribution, so there 
 MT> should be safe versions and access to the defined 
 MT> limits in the source, assuming you've got it.

What I used for "renum" was probably out of OPUS or another
"free" for non-commercial use package....  The only thing I think
that came with squish was SQCONV, and yes, source code for that is part of
the GPL'ed code available on maximus.sourceforge.net .

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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