Subj : What?
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Mon Dec 19 2016 11:24:38

Hello Tommi,

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:14:34 +0200, Tommi Koivula -> Nicholas Boel wrote:

 NB>> So with that said, if I read further than the message I reply to, the
 NB>> message wouldn't be scanned?

 TK> The lastread pointers are not the watermark. Tosser remembers the last
 TK> message it has scanned. If for some reason the messages are renumbered
 TK> or something else illegal happens, the tosser may not start scanning at
 TK> the right place.

 TK> In theory it is possible, but not very likely.

Thanks for the description, Tommi. I understand now - and it may indeed be a good option for me, since I access the same JAM areas with multiple programs and editors, so the possibility of illegal things happening seems to be getting higher and higher. :)

Regards,
Nick

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