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     This  chapter  describes  details  about  the implementation of the
     AdeptXBBS messagebase format in GoldED. The implementation is based
     on the documentation in version 1.05, experimentation and questions
     to the  authors. Thanks  go to  Frank Jacobberger  for the  initial
     testing and prodding of the authors to answer my questions :-)

     The  AdeptXBBS  format  does  not  have  a  quick method of finding
     deleted  messages  via  the  index  file.  This  means that deleted
     messages will still be visible, but marked with the DEL  attribute.
     When GoldED deletes a  message, it will at  first seem to be  gone,
     but  after  the  next  scan,  it  will  be back again, with the DEL
     attribute.

     Mixing of netmail and echomail or  other types of mail in the  same
     area is not directly supported. If an area is setup as both netmail
     and  echomail,  GoldED  will  treat  it  as  netmail. If an area is
     neither netmail nor echomail, GoldED wil treat it as a local area.

     GoldED detects Usenet (newsgroup) and Internet E-Mail areas in  the
     AdeptXBBS setup  and uses  them as  such, but  it has  not yet been
     tested if GoldED and AdeptXBBS are compatible in the way they store
     and process Internet header information.

     The AdeptXBBS personal mail feature (the index in the Personal_Mail
     directory) is supported for mails  you write to other users  on the
     BBS. However, personal  mail for you  via this feature  or by other
     means is not yet supported.

     The  replylinking  method  used  by  AdeptXBBS (whatever the method
     is??!)  is  not  yet  supported.  This  means  that  links to other
     messages are missing.

     The  AdeptXBBS  messagebase  format  is  only supported in the OS/2
     version of GoldED,  because AdeptXBBS requires  HPFS. In the  other
     versions, the AdeptXBBS  code is not  included in the  EXE file and
     therefore doesn't use additional memory or EXE disk space.