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    From GEORGE POPE@CAPCITY to ALL on Sun Jun 5 17:23:00 2022
    I'm reading in this area, & I'm seeing lots of empty messages -- is that
    what the Kill item isfor -- to block from non-addressees? That's newfor a
    BBS area!
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  • From MIKE POWELL@CAPCITY to GEORGE POPE on Mon Jun 6 16:50:00 2022
    │ I'm reading in this area, & I'm seeing lots of empty messages -- is that
    │ what the Kill item isfor -- to block from non-addressees? That's newfor a
    │ BBS area!
    └─[GP=>All]

    No, the Kill Protect is a switch that prevents the receiver, or anyone else except the sender and the sysop, from deleting a message. Back in the 1980's/90's, that was an option on some BBS software. "None" means that
    you are not restricting the ability to delete.

    I think the empty messages are a left-over of a misbehaving BBS utility
    that deleted messages but left the headers behind. I have tried deleting
    them as I find them but, because there is no message text, sometimes the
    system thinks they are already gone. :)

    Mike

    ##Mmr 2.61ß. !link GP 6-05-22 18:23
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  • From GEORGE POPE@CAPCITY to MIKE POWELL on Tue Jun 21 00:25:00 2022
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    │ I'm reading in this area, & I'm seeing lots of empty messages -- is that
    │ what the Kill item isfor -- to block from non-addressees? That's newfor a
    │ BBS area!
    └─[GP=>All]

    No, the Kill Protect is a switch that prevents the receiver, or anyone else except the sender and the sysop, from deleting a message. Back in the 1980's/90's, that was an option on some BBS software. "None" means that
    you are not restricting the ability to delete.

    I think the empty messages are a left-over of a misbehaving BBS utility
    that deleted messages but left the headers behind. I have tried deleting them as I find them but, because there is no message text, sometimes the system thinks they are already gone. :)

    Mike

    ##Mmr 2.61ß. !link GP 6-05-22 18:23

    Like I get when trying to delete piggyback programs from the "Uninstall"
    optoin n Control Panel, eh? You try deleting & thesystem syss, "There's
    nothing there!" (The ",bonehead" is implied!
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