RW>   29 Apr 17:02:05 NMGR FILEd msg#1 in C:\NETMGR\netmsg.msg
 RW>   29 Apr 17:02:05 NMGR Executing: "h-search C:\NETMGR\netmsg.rep
 RW> hi3cyx"   29 Apr 17:02:12 NMGR Illegal mask format in line 1!
 RW>   29 Apr 17:02:13 NMGR Killed msg#1.

hummm... 7 seconds between the execution and the complaint... my original
thought was that a .bat file is not directly executable... on bbs', we do
something like

   command.com /c my.bat foo bar

also, what does netmsg.rep look like?

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