Subj : test multiple qwk uploads
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Sun Mar 07 2021 18:05:00

 > For example, I have "VERT.REP.001" and "VERT.REP.002" ... when I upload these
 > les I might decide to rename the 002 to "VERT.REP" and upload it first.

 MP> Why do you have multiple REP files?  Most QWK readers will allow you
 MP> to keep appending to the same REP until you are aready to upload it. 

I want to generate REP files for each QWK file so I know which QWK file contains the original message being replied to.

 MP> SLMR and MultiMail both do.  When you reopen the/open a new QWK packet,
 MP> they ask if you want to delete the REP.  If you say no, the reader will
 MP> reopen the old one and let you keep adding to it.
 MP> The messages all stay in order that way, too.

I believe QWK readers pack replies in the order that messages are written, and the import is done in the order in which a REP is uploaded combined with the order that individual messages within the REP is packed. So the chronology of messages that Synchronet imports depends entirely on what the end user does.

 MP> I think you are looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't
 MP> exist? 

It is more an inconvenience (than a problem) for my specific use case. Something that I observed in Synchronet and decided to whinge about it. Rob Swindell then said nobody ever asked for that feature, and I more or less said why not ?

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