>  JD> Yeah, and pity that it cannot insert the message without going thru
 >  JD> the text file first.
 >
 >    ----- j179h0d1.tic begins -----
 > File ANTIVIR.VDF
 > Area VIR_HBED
 > LDesc H-BEDV AntiVir Virus Database File
 > LDesc Version: 6.25.0.48
 > LDesc
 > Origin 9:496/0
 > From 9:9/0
 > Size 1754624
 >    ----- j179h0d1.tic ends -----
 >
 > for every file i recieve that htick have tossed it creates such file, you ca
 > use htick announce, or create a whole text file for all files from anouncesp
 > dir your self :-)

Yes, I know.  I posted my announce batch earlier.  With some bbs
packages, Htick will directly import the messages, with SBBS it will
not.  That is the problem we were discussing.  We have to have htick
create a text file which is then imported by sbutil.

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