On 2017 Jun 20 16:58:46, you wrote to me:

 JD>>> DM cant do much to make it compatible.  DB does not support the
 JD>>> message base unfortunately

 ML>> it supports the MSG message base format... in sbbsecho only but it is
 ML>> there and not really configurable other than maybe defining the
 ML>> directory to use... sbbsecho uses it to communicate with other
 ML>> non-mailer software, too... interbbs games have to use MSG format as
 ML>> they don't know BSO and can't make FTN PKTs... this is also how
 ML>> sbbsecho communicates with non-BSO mailers... he could probably also
 ML>> make it directly compatible with dB... problem is how many folks are
 ML>> still using a non-BSO mailer these days... DM did ask for some
 ML>> volunteers with non-BSO mailers to please test the new code but no
 ML>> one responded...

 JD> Yeah, I remember, but there is still the problem of netmail,  DB can't
 JD> read Synchronet's netmail database or vice versa.  Nor can db read
 JD> Sync's message bases

that's where the MSG base comes in right there in the middle...

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