On 2018 Mar 05 20:59:46, you wrote to me:

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

 ml>> you have to unsubscribe the area and then rejoin it to reset your
 ml>> news 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...

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

my system(s) always purge and pack the message areas... they should not
renumber but at least one tosser i have at hand does automatically renumber
and there's nothing that can be done about it other than changing tossers but
that isn't going to happen on that system any time soon...

)\/(ark

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Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
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