-=> Quoting George Lagergren to Nancy Backus on 03-07-07  22:17 <=-
 
GL> Nancy, please tell me about creating a BW index on Doc's Place or in
GL> the BW program itself.    Thanks.

NB> Well, it's not exactly a BW index, but the index (.idx) files that a
NB> QWK packet needs.  :)

NB> I just checked out the configurations both places.  At Doc's there
NB> isn't a specific command to build index files, but I know that his qwk
NB> door does do something about it.  What I did see, was one thing that is
NB> connected with it, the CONTROL.DAT file in the packet.  [M]essages,
NB> [Y]our Settings, [O]ffline mail settings, [13] Small CONTROL.DAT,
NB> should be set to NO.  That way it doesn't take shortcuts that might
NB> make problems.  

    Nancy, I did check my Doc's Place settings.  The Small CONTROL.DAT
    optiion was already set to NO.

NB> In your BW reader Configuration area, go to the Global and choose Mail
NB> Packet Options.  One of those is Build QWK Index Files.  The choice is
NB> between Always and Detect.  "Always" will build any necessary index
NB> files, whether or not they were already there.  "Detect"
will check to
NB> see if index files exist, and if so, assume that they were built
NB> correctly, whether or not they actually were.  Mine is set to
NB> "Detect", and I have never had any problems with Doc's.

    I use BW ver. 2.30.   The "Build QWK Index Files" option was set to
    "Always".    So  I  changed  the  setting to "Detect".

NB> Hope this helps.  :)

    Your advise did help since this current QWK file was unzipped 
    correctly.  BTW, I use an old DOS version of Norton's Editor as my
    text editor.

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