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 Message 1717 
 Nicholas Boel to Tommi Koivula 
 What? 
 19 Dec 16 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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