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    From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Marceline Jones on Thu Feb 25 17:14:34 2021
    Can GoldEd read and write Wildcat message areas ?

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    Only if it is the DOS version. WINServer? No. Different message base format.

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Ib Joe on Fri Feb 26 16:14:42 2021

    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS did expand..

    Yes, there is. Not only different ways of accessing the message
    databases, but different database formats completely.
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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Robert Wolfe on Sun Feb 28 11:28:38 2021
    On 26 Feb 2021, Robert Wolfe said the following...

    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS did expand..

    Yes, there is. Not only different ways of accessing the message databases, but different database formats completely.

    Thanx Robert...
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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Ib Joe on Sun Feb 28 15:08:10 2021
    On 28 Feb 2021, Marceline Jones said the following...

    I have a question..... DOS or windows version??
    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS
    expand..

    Sounds like it.

    WC5 probably changed its message base format to support Microsoft Exchange.


    Could be... Sounds like Robert might know the answer to this...

    This is incorrect. MSI DID make an addon to support Microsoft Exchange
    called wcExchange, but that is where any relationship between the two
    ends. WINServer! databases are proprietary format databases and not
    used by anyone else. Any utilities that access these databases use a client/server call to wcServer which handles the dirty work behind the
    scenes. At least that is my recollection.

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