RS> I am downloading via the BBS, not with FTP.  20 For doesn't have a date
 RS> set in the QWK menu.  I am trying to leave it 'broken' so paulie can see
 RS> what is doing the next time I can catch him when we are both on the BBS.

Gotcha.  There should be a set message date on the message menu and it works for both QWK and your own BBS last read pointers.

Here is my theory:

When you download a QWK packet, Mystic starts at your last read message + 1. When the last read was updated, it was setting it as last read + 1.  When Mystic's message base packer was packing everything, it found that the last read message was an invalid message number and was resetting it to 0.

I do think its fixed in the "Paulie" build but we'll see.  I didn't start with a reproducable issue on my end so I can't be certain.

I've also switched to using a mixture of MultiMail QWK and online Mystic to see if I can catch the "fixed" version doing the same stuff.  I'll be packing the message bases daily as well.

We'll get it sorted out and a new stable release out once its done and Paulie confirms any issues he has regarding file bases is okay!

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/31 (Windows/64)