Hello mark.

05 Mar 18 09:57, you wrote to me:

 FB>> After doing this, I can't see any new messages for that
 FB>> particular area at JAMNNTPD...

 ml> you have to unsubscribe the area and then rejoin it to reset your news
 ml> reader's pointers for that area...

 ml> that's the big difference between BBSes' message areas and news
 ml> servers' message areas... on BBSes, the message pointers are kept on
 ml> the BBS... on news servers, the message pointers are the
 ml> responsibility of the users' news readers...

        Got your point. I had even set up to run it as part of the weekly
maintenance, but will belay that at least for now.

Flavio

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