On Feb 23, 1995 Bill Grimsley wrote to Paul Edwards:

BG> I've found another bug you might consider squashing when you
BG> get the time.

BG> Since installing 2.3 alpha, I now find that most (but not
BG> all) messages are indicated as being linked to themselves.
BG> Some people reported this with 2.2e as well, but I'd never
BG> had it happen to me until now.  I know it's really no big
BG> deal, but it's still a bug nonetheless.  |-)

Are you using a Squish message base? If so, this problem is caused by
changes made between Squish 1.01 and Squish 1.11. Timed had the same
problem but a newer version fixed it. Does MsgEd use Scott Dudley's MSGAPI?
If it does, then maybe all that is needed is to compile with the new MSGAPI
code.

mgm

--- timEd 1.01+