Hi Jim 
 
 > jb: When the user aborts a packet download, O_Qwker flashes it's 
 > jb: 'updating  pointers' message on the sysop screen, and the lastread 
 > jb: pointers are in fact updated because a repack does not find new 
 > jb: msgs. 
 
 That's not correct. If the Download fails, pointers should not be 
 updated. Using the parameter QWKAREA in your .cfg file you can even 
 allow the QWK packet to be moved to a file area wher the user can 
 get it until you delete it (preferably upon logoff) 
 That may be occurring because your external transfer engine (DSZ, 
 whatever) is not returning the correct error code. Anything non zero 
 will tell O_QWKer that the download was not successful. 
 
 > jb: Conversely, in 'netmail' or 'local' rather than 'echomail' areas, 
 > jb: sometimes msgs are downloaded several times is successive scans. 
 > jb: The pointers are apparently not updated. 
 
 There is another .cfg option to force full area scan, disregarding 
 message pointers. It's FULLSCAN AREA. I use for my main local area. 
 O_QWKer has currently this feature hardwired for Netmail area. 
 The rationale is that these areas have frequent message killing and 
 renumbering, so trusting the message pointers could lead to users 
 not receiving messages. Maybe this should be reworked... Note taken! 
   -FC- 
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