Subj : test multiple qwk up
To   : Mauro Veiga
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Mar 07 2021 18:25:00

Hello Mauro!

** On Sunday 07.03.21 - 17:34, you wrote to me:

 >> But why not ... Squish format and use something like
 >> Sempoint (which handles both QWK and BW in the same program
 >> automatically!)

 MV> Seems a good way but i don't know Sempoint. Need to test
 MV> and understand. Thanks for tip.

Sempoint is for Windows. It's a 16-bit prog, but works very  
nicely in Win7. There are ways to make the installer cooperate  
in Win10.

Sempoint also requires to operate from a C: drive. (I tried to  
install it on my larger H: partition, but I couldn't get it to  
work.)

Sempoint also automatically limits filenames to the 8.3 naming  
format, and all caps.

 MV> Has many ways to store messages. I use BlueWave (and a long
 MV> retention on my system) because i like so much BlueWave
 MV> visual, style and tools. A NNTP server also is a good store
 MV> option.

I think you would like Sempoint if Windows is a suitable  
environment. Its Squish system can handle upto 5000 msgs per
echo.  You could delete the messages that are clearly taking up  
space and have more for the ones that are keepers.  AND.. you  
could just as easily rename or archive the .SQL, SQD, .SQI files  
as a group on a regular basis - and that wouldn't need to be  
every 30 days, but maybe every 180 days.
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