Rod, at 21:45 on Sun, Apr 30 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BG> Dunno, I more or less agree with Paul's basic philosophy
BG> re the SOT/EOT kludge (To Rod: No, I don't wish to enter
BG> into a protracted discussion re this!),

RS> Who cares what you wish to do ?  Thats a matter
RS> of absolutely no importance at all boy |-)

Not my problem if your priorities are fucked then.  |-)

RS> I happen to think that SOT/EOT is a great idea.

Odd, I somehow got the erroneous impression that you thought otherwise.

RS> Cant help it if Andrew is fucked in the head |-)

It ain't just Andrew either.  Some moronic clown (Noel Roberts) in
Msged_Echo is slagging Paul for "changing the basic concept of
Msged", in that it no longer works _exactly_ as his old version does,
and therefore must be broken.  Paul hasn't replied yet, but I basically
told him to either stick with his old one, or fuck off and write his own. 
Really, the cheek of some people. I forgot, you don't get that echo.  Cop
this (and note how polite I was!)...

Date:   Sat Apr 29 1995 18:59:40
From:   Noel Roberts
To:     Paul Edwards
Subj:   MSGED
Attr:   
MSGED_ECHO                     -------------------------------

On 25 Apr 95 at 21:29, Paul Edwards of 3:640/531 wrote:

 PE> Well, basically the version I am developing is a different
 PE> product to the old one.  Other reasons you may not like it are:

In which case, you should call it something else.  

You have substantially changed the basic functionality as originally desgined 
by Jim Nutt.

As I've mentioned before I don't think it's too much to expect that origin 
lines should be visible - as they always have been - without the extra baggage 
of the seen-by and path lines.

A more serious problem I have with your new version is that when operating 
under a multi-tasker (Desqview) your program prevents Binkley from accessing 
the Nodex.Dat file and so the mailer is unable to go back online after a BBS 
call.  

Here's what appears in the Binkley "recent activity" window :-

ษ Recent Activity อออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออ
บ ! 18:49:30 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:32 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:34 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:37 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:39 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:41 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:44 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:46 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
บ ! 18:49:48 Unable to open C:\Binkley\NODEX.DAT
ศออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออ
 
                                Noel 
 

Date:   Sun Apr 30 1995 08:57:34
From:   Bill Grimsley
To:     Noel Roberts
Subj:   MSGED
Attr:   local scanned 
MSGED_ECHO                     -------------------------------

Noel, at 18:59 on Sat, Apr 29 1995, you wrote to Paul Edwards ...

NR> A more serious problem I have with your new version is that when operating 
NR> under a multi-tasker (Desqview) your program prevents Binkley from 
NR> accessing the Nodex.Dat file and so the mailer is unable to go back online 
NR> after a BBS call.  

Caused by opening nodex.dat for read, but not closing it again.  Already fixed 
weeks ago, and available in the newly released MSQ305.ZIP archive, which also 
includes all source code.  The source is PD, so as you obviously dislike the 
new version so much, feel free to either roll your own, stick with an earlier 
version, or change to another reader altogether.  Simple really.

@EOT:

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