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  Re: Message Base Question
  By: Tom Moore to All on Sat Jan 17 2026 05:40 pm

 > Hi,
 > Is there a way to get the message base to sort messages that come into an
 > area in date format?
 > When reading I see messages that are not always in date order.
 > i suspect this is because of delays in messages getting distributed via qwk
 > or ftn.
 > Would this be a message reader function onr an index procedure inside the
 > database?

That'd be a message reader function, but likely pretty frustrating for users.
The date/time stamps on messages aren't very accurate (especially considering
different timezones). I don't think the results would be good.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

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