DC>> I get PKTs and toss them into JAM  Then, I use OMX and
 DC>> create a BW format.

 ml>> why not just stop at the toss to JAM and use a "sysop's
 ml>> editor" like TimED or GoldEd or MsgEd (i think all three
 ml>> do JAM)...

 DC> I can do that.  That's how I do much of my PVT mailings.

 ml>> and slightly "overdone" >  i
"stop" a JAM and go native from
 ml>> there...

 DC> Is JAM a recognized BW format?  I thought it recognized only
 DC> QWK and BW?

JAM is a message base storage format developed by the creators of
RemoteAccess and FrontDoor... RA is a BBS package and FD is a FTN mailer
package... many sysop readers interface directly with JAMbases... TimED,
GoldED, FD's FM just to name a few... you cannot use an offline mail reader
with it... well, possibly multimail but i'm not sure about that...
definitely not any BW or QWK dedicated readers

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