-=> Quoting James Bradley to Bruce Clark <=-

 BC>> Try the -#messages. 
 
 BC>> I've found that the -#Days still suffers from the Y2K problem. 

 JB>> Oh... Do I want to talk to you! This is in the QWK door?

 BC> Correct. 


 JB>> Syntax: "-#messages"
 JB>> Where I want to regress "-" the pointer back to message number
 JB>> "#=number"? 
 JB>> When I said, "-#D" I was only thinking I could
economize on phosphor.
 JB>> I had no idea the repressed memory was still intact. It had to be the
 JB>> early nineties when I last used that combination of characters!

 BC> In the Door, when you select Areas to Download, it should have the 
 BC> number of messages available in each Area. 
 BC> Select how far back you want to go. 
 BC> Example: if there are 1,000 mesages, but you only want the last 100 
 BC> of them: "-100" after selecting messages. 
 BC> Usually there are so few, that I just select all that are available. 

After uploading this message, I found that the BBS I use has eliminated 
the "days" selection, so the only option is "-#" of messages. 


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