Hello Marceline!

25 Feb 21, Marceline Jones wrote to KAI RICHTER:

 MJ> Can I get GoldEd to create different message base formats for
 MJ> different echo areas and use them seemlessly at the same time ?

Yes. There may be restrictions if you want to use hudson base but there is no reason to use that stoneaged format. Hudson have a size limit and it stores all messages in one database. If that is corrupt then you will loose all mails. Todays formats use one database per area and in case of trouble only one area is affected.

 MJ> Well, I am thinking about running a mail-only node and want to know
 MJ> if I can use GoldEd for reading/writing mail or inspecting/debugging
 MJ> packets.

Packets do not need to be inspected/debugged. The bugs are in the software that creates the packet so which software do you want to debug?

 MJ> Also there are area statistics generators that I would like
 MJ> to use that require message bases.

Hm, isn't that the rear of the horse? Usually you have an area inside a message base and need a statistic tool then. The reverse way i have statistic tool and need a message area now is very uncommon.

 MJ> ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30

Well, it was a long way from Blue Wave to node. What kind of other software do you plan to use? I went from offline qwk readers to point software and then to node software in point mode before i changed the aka to node.

Regards

Kai

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