Subj : Max. number of messages....
To   : Bob Jones
From : Mike Tripp
Date : Tue Aug 12 2003 08:44 am

Hello Bob!

11 Aug 03 21:29, Bob Jones wrote to Mike Bourne:

 BJ> way....   Just make sure nothing else is touching the message area you
 BJ> are working on while performing the conversion.....

 BJ>> My guess is that things should run fine till the 32K mark, and
 BJ>> might run fine to a higher number....  If you don't want to use a
 BJ>> renumber routine, then you need to look at the code....

 MB>> It is not that I don't *want* to run a renumber
 MB>> routine, I just don't *know* what is safe to use now.

 BJ> Ok...  I seem to recall "renum" was around.  Last time I used it was
 BJ> prior to Y2K thou....  As long as you are just renumbering the
 BJ> messages (back to 1.msg, 2.msg, etc.) and not deleting based on time,
 BJ> I would think the code should be fine....  Make a backup copy and
 BJ> test.....

Did Scott include the source for his renum util bundled with the Maximus 
distribution (MR.EXE/MRP.EXE)?  New EXEs were also in the Y2K-fix distribution, 
so there should be safe versions and access to the defined limits in the 
source, assuming you've got it.

..\\ike

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