-=> Quoting Jean Parrot to Nancy Backus on 07-30-06  09:18 <=-

 NB> Ah.  BW either has an extension of the day of the week with a number
 NB> from 1-0 (ie .MO1, .SU1, .SU2) or a numeric extension (.001, .002 ...

 JP> I saw that and I tried to unpack it just to see if it would,
 JP> it did. Smart programmers that have a .qwk or a .SU1 packet
 JP> recognized too. I toyed with the idea of renaming the .SU1 to a
 JP> .qwk but it was not neccessary at all. Interesting !

The BW reader would of course recognize those extensions, as those are
the ones that it was made for.  As far as the .qwk extensions, BW also
recognizes .qw1 and so forth (2-0 as the number) as .qwk packets.

I think that George was probably smart enough to have the program look
inside the packet for what type it was for figuring out whether the
reply should be a .rep (for .qwk) or a .new (which is what a true BW
message packet generates for a reply packet), but I haven't actually
checked that out by renaming a packet to see if it confuses the reader. 
That experiment can wait, I am sure... :)

ttyl     neb

... He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how. - Nietzsche

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