19 Dec 16 08:22, you wrote to me:

 TK>>>> Just to make sure all unsent messages will be sent.

 NB>>> I guess I'm still unsure as to why the "-w" option is necessary.
 NB>>> Doesn't it send out all unsent messages without that option as well?

 ml>> if there are unsent ones behind the watermark, they won't be seen
 ml>> because the scan starts at the watermark... ignoring the watermark
 ml>> makes the scan start at the very beginning...

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

not your user name's watermark... the tosser's watermark... generally the
first message in the base unless a special file is set aside for the
purpose... the watermark message contains the message number of the highest
message in the base when the last scan was completed... it is a way to have
scanning go faster than scanning the entire base... sometimes the counter may
get out of sync for various reasons (eg: another message base maint tool
purging and packing and not updating the watermark due to format
differences)...

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