Ben Carpenter wrote the following to JEAN PARROT, and I quote (in part):

 BC>  I just had a brain storm on your problem with grunged reply packets
 BC>  when you reopen them.

 BC>  When you get the erge to reopen a reply packet first copy it to a
 BC>  different folder so you still have the good one.  Then if it gets
 BC>  grunged if you can get a hold of Dale S and send a copy of the good 
 BC>  one and the grunged one to him for examination he might be able to
 BC>  determine what is going on and if it is the fix he authored that is 
 BC>  the problem.

   If you just need to edit a message in the rep packet (assuming
zip) open it with Winzip and edit the message and Winzip will ask if
you want to replace the changed file.  Say yes.  I have done this a
number of times with Silver Xpress reps with no ill effects.

   If you need to add new messages try this.  Move the rep packet
to another directory and create a brand new rep packet.  Then
upload both rep packets to the door.  Or you can probably rename
the first packet's extension.  SX's door doesn't care what the
extension is.  I suspect BW may be the same.

    Good luck, 
      Charles

... My black eye?......I ran into my BBS's mail door...
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