Subj : Pointers
To   : KEN HRYNCHUK
From : Monica Neufeld
Date : Fri Feb 06 2004 06:20 am

-=> KEN HRYNCHUK wrote to MONICA NEUFELD on 02-05-04 04:03 <=-

 MN> I'm not familiar with Maximus at all.  As I mentioned, you can add or
 MN> drop a conference by using your offline mail reader.  The message,
 MN> itself, can be blank because no one is going to see it.  In the To:
 MN> field of your offline reader, type WCMAIL; then the subject can be
 MN> either ADD or DROP.  Then upload your packet to the bulletin board.

 KH> According to DOOR.ID (found in MM's "work" folder, when a packet is
 KH> open), WCMAIL 5.4 supports the RESET command, and, IIRC, older versions
 KH> of WCMAIL will, too. RESET -10 should set your pointers 10 messages
 KH> back from current, and automatically subscribe you to the echo, if you
 KH> aren't already subscribed. DOOR.ID can be useful in determining a mail
 KH> door's capabilities.

This is useful information.  Thanks.

.... Mickey / Monica Neufeld 
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