        Starting July 1st, Sparkware is making minor changes to the
        "QWK" format we originated in 1987.  The changes made to the
        format are minor but add information that is used by our new
        offline mail reader system, 1stReader.

        NOTE that 1stReader will also work with "conventional" QWK
        mail packets produced by Qmail Doors released before 06-01-92
        or on other Qmail-compatible mail doors.  However, 1stReader
        works *best* with these changes in place.

        These changes in the format take hold if the user turns on
        OPTION #21 inside Qmail Door.  If this option turned off then
        Qmail Door continues to generate standard QWK formats.

        Two changes have been made to the format.  The first change
        involves line #10 in the CONTROL.DAT file.  Since 1987 this
        line has been reserved for the total number of messages
        contained inside the QWK mail packet.  This change prevents
        1stReader from having to scan MESSAGES.DAT to determine how
        many messages are in the packet.

        The second format change deals with individual message headers.
	The format has been changed to:

		Status AS STRING * 1     'Status of message
		Number AS STRING * 7     'Message number
		Date AS STRING * 8       'Date
		Time AS STRING * 5       'Time
		MsgTo AS STRING * 25     'To
		MsgFrom AS STRING * 25   'From
		Subject AS STRING * 25   'Subject
		Password AS STRING * 12  'Password
		Reference AS STRING * 8  'Reference number
		Blocks AS STRING * 6     'Number of blocks
		Delete AS STRING * 1     'Current status of message
		Conference AS INTEGER    'Conference
	  ----> MsgCount AS INTEGER      'Logical msg number in packet
		Tag AS STRING * 1        'Message tagline

	Notice "MsgCount".  This value now contains the logical message
	number for the message in the packet.  In other words, this
	value will be "1" for the first message in the packet, "2" for
	the second message in the packet, etc.

        Again, these changes are now in effect for the 1,467 Qmail Door
        systems that were compiled on or after 06-01-92.
