Hello Alan!

** 10.05.19 - 12:39, Alan Ianson wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 >>> Not a major issue.  But the lack of ANY kludges in the downloaded
 >>> packets from DangerBay's PCBWave door, is a bit disconcerting.

 >> I don't see a reason why they should be removed unless the bluewave
 >> standard requires so?

 AI>I haven't used offline mail much in recent years but before I had my own
 AI>node early in the 90's I used offline mail. The kludges were never
 AI>included in mail packets I downloaded. It's just as well, the average
 AI>offline user doesn't know or care what all that is about.

The MSGID and REPLY kludges are what make the thread systems in the  
readers work (and thereby make it easy to follow a conversation properly.   
Those ought to be the minimum to have.  Very useful!  


 AI>BBBS has an option to turn them on for those that want them but more
 AI>often than not offline mail packets don't include the kludges.

Yes.. I've noticed that. By default, no kludges.  

I guess back in the very early days of QWK for example, we worked with one  
packet at a time.  But with database/messagebase offline readers like  
SemPoint.. (and this is from the SemPoint Help):

        "When you import a new mailpacket the messages will be written at
        the end of the message base for each area."

        You will have several advantages with this way of working:

         you don't need any more to open-close-open-close-open-close the
        mail packets if they are too much to be read in the time you have;

         it is easier to follow a thread or reading the message that
        generated the answer;

         if you use both a point and QWK or BlueWave or X)press you can
        answer to a user in another area (example NetMail) without
        problems;

         you can find immediately an old message without looking for the
        mail packet it was included in.


  ../|ug

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