Subj : Re: New BBS in the works.
To   : Vk3jed
From : Bob Roberts
Date : Tue Jan 05 2021 08:46 am

 bb> I'm using qwk packs and offline readers as a bbs user, and I'm
seeing errors on many of the messages in the qwk packs. I'm using
multimail 0.52, and terminate 5.0's mail reader. Both systems behave
differently. 

 Vk> Hmm, I don't recognise any of the symptoms you're describing. :( When I
 Vk> had a corrupt messagebase, I could still download messages into Bluewave
 Vk> (that's what I used back then), but they were all in the wrong areas,
 Vk> almost randomaly scattered throughout the messagebase. Only fix was to
 Vk> delete the messagebase and start again. I can't recall if multiple message

It could be something to do with the QWK export settings from the hosting BBS.  Perhaps a missing CONTROL.DAT or incorrect QWKE setting?

Multimail should support QWKE just fine.  Not sure about Terminate.  Back when I used Terminate it was just a comm program.

Bob Roberts
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