Subj : *.MSG vs. packed help?
To   : Mike Luther
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Mon Jul 09 2001 02:36 pm

Hi Mike,

 ML> Long ago and far away I gave a small amount of money 
 ML> for a DOS database analysis tool called askSam.  The 
 ML> askSam, at least the professional version,is written 
 ML> totally in assembler and is VERY fast and good. 

I use all Squish message base format here, and I archive the Echo's I want to 
keep using TOPICX (Topic Extract). It will extract ALL or selected messages 
using a wonderful array of criteria, and you can dump the entire message into a 
plain text file. It keeps a log file and uses that to find the next starting 
point for each Area you process, only NEW messages are added. Available in DOS 
and OS/2 versions, TOPX_110 and TOPXP111. Its old (1992) and reports this year 
2001 as 101, but otherwise its pretty good for me. Shouldn't be too hard to 
post process the date into the correct format with a couple of lines of 
Rexx.....;-)

Let me know if you can't find it and want a copy.

Cheers..............pk.


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