ml>JD> Hmm,  Notice the date.  I wonder where this is coming from  This is
ml>JD> an old message from May, that you answered back then, and showing
ml>JD> up now again.
 RN>  
ml> if he answered it in May, i'd have both of his replies in my message base
ml> and i don't... my system keeps messages for at least 1 year and i bumped
ml> that up to 2 years some time ago...
 RN>  
 RN> Hmn.  A glutton for punishment, huh?

not me... it is more like a living archive... hummm... let's see... here's
a few of my larger areas ;)

Area# Area Name                                ActiveMsgs Starting#  Created
----- ---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
[...]
  133 [FIDO] COOKING..........................      14219        550 11/12/03
[...]
  135 [FIDO] DBRIDGE..........................       1741       4740 02/16/07
  136 [FIDO] DEBATE...........................       6564      18010 02/04/08
[...]
  149 [FIDO] EASTSTAR.........................       4604      13992 10/04/06
  150 [FIDO] ECHOLIST.........................       3917     103772 10/31/95
[...]
  161 [FIDO] FIDONEWS.........................      10002      68536 04/07/01
[...]
  188 [FIDO] HOME_COOKING.....................       1179      12147 11/12/03
[...]
  203 [FIDO] LINUX............................       1299      35516 01/16/99
[...]
  212 [FIDO] MEMORIES.........................       3026      62727 04/07/01
[...]
  290 [FIDO] WIN95............................       5354      40701 01/16/99

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JAM Base Numerical Statistics

JAM Bases Located   : 243
Active JAM Messages : 112508

Message Bodies    .JDT : 193938843 bytes (189.393 megs)
Message Headers   .JHR : 61015689 bytes (59.586 megs)
Message Indexes   .JDX : 900064 bytes (0.879 megs)
LastRead Pointers .JLR : 13776 bytes (0.013 megs)
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Complete Jam Base Size : 255868372 bytes (249.871 megs)

Largest Jam Area -
  Size : [FIDO] COOKING 14219 msgs 29.694 megs
  Msgs : [FIDO] FDBETA 19383 msgs 11.821 megs

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112500+ messages consuming 249M of space isn't all that bad these days ;)

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