Subj : Re: test multiple qwk upl
To   : MAURO VEIGA
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Tue Mar 23 2021 23:56:00

 MV> I still don't understand the reason for saving REP packets.  All
 MV> messages and my replies are in the QWK packets.  If i need to
 MV> reply a old messages simply i make the replies and upload the REP.
 MV> Don't need to use the original REP from the old packet.

REP packets should be backed up because they are the original source reply data. If messages need to be re-uploaded for whatever reason, then they can be retrieved from the REP. For example something can go wrong with an upload, or only a partial import occurred. It might take you a week before realising messages got lost. Also if you lose the REP packet then you cannot perform a reconciliation between what was sent and received.

 MV> Seems like you want a very personalized (and complicated) way to
 MV> organize a packets collection. A personal arrange.

REP packets should be retained because a lot of work goes into replying to messages. I would prefer to correlate REP and QWK packets.

 MV> On my historical packets from 90's i only used merge programs to
 MV> have few packets to save and simplify data searches.

Can you provide details of the merge programs you used ?

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