Whilst masticating on , Peter Knapper (3:772/1.10)
wrote to Alan Hess:

PK> The .~~~ suffix only lasts for a split second normally, so 
PK> something rather unusual is probably happening.... Are any 
PK> processes that access the message bases aborting? Check the 

None that I know of.

PK> timestamp of the file and compare that with ALL your logs to see 
PK> what prog was running around the time of the error. One other 
PK> possibility that I can think of, you may have an error on the HD 
PK> that is preventing the directory fron being completely updated at 
PK> the time of the error, a possiblle indication of a pending HD failure?

That could be possible.  There's a reason I do regular backups.  :)

AH>> Using latest OS/2 versions of Max and Squish since they 
AH>> came out, and haven't changed anything.

PK> When you say "Latest versions", WHICH versions exactly 
PK> (executabel date & timestamp), Max 3.01 came out around 1995 but 
PK> a Y2k release came out in 1999.

The Y2K versions.  *adh*

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