RJT> This is probably a better approach,  as *.MSG isn't universal (I 
 RJT> don't have any areas set up that way here),  but *.PKT is...

 BS> You got the point :-) But in many times it's there is 
 BS> afair only Opus and FTS-001 *.MSG's?

Bo, the original Fido software (the BBS side of the original Fidonet
package) used *.msg format for the messages.  *.MSG was the original format
for the message base.  *.msg were packed into the netmail .PKT files for
the original fidonet mail transfers.....  Fido, Opus, Maximus, and I'm sure
almost any other BBS software running on fidonet at the time used *.MSG
format.  Yes, there were exceptions.....  

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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