MB> Back in "the old days" I would use the 
 MB> renumbering feature of CONFMAIL to renumber the 
 MB> messages periodically to keep the ranges more 
 MB> reasonable.
 BJ> taken up by the directory contents, subdirectories on FAT
 BJ> partitions can have significantly more files....  

 MB> That has not been a problem as there are only a few 
 MB> thousand messages there, but the message numbers are 
 MB> getting up there (in the 22,000 range).

Ok, then why haven't you picked up an external renumber routine for your
use and avoid the possible problems?  

My guess is that things should run fine till the 32K mark, and might run
fine to a higher number....  If you don't want to use a renumber routine,
then you need to look at the code....  If you look at the current code on
source forge, you'll may need to dig your way through what we've done for
handling types, because I believe Wes wants to get stuff running on 64 bit
CPUs.  Basead on your comments (SQSH_111), I suspect you are running the 16
bit DOS version, not a 32 bit version.  The 16 bit version has lower limits
on what it can handle.

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41

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