What it is:
          
          QM_CONV.COM is a small program to get past all the controversy
          about the  Opus date format versus the FTSC date format. FTSC
          only covers the structure of messages that are forwarded
          between FidoNet boards. It does not cover the way messages are
          stored by any individual boards. It is the responsibility of
          the Sysop to make sure that their software only forwards FTSC
          formatted messages.
            
          Opus' internal echo scanner does produce FTSC formatted
          messages, but Opus and QMail don't. Qmail doesn't know how to
          convert from the Opus *.MSG format to the FTSC format.
            
          So......
           
          Run QM_CONV.COM before running QMail SCAN for new messages
          entered on your board. QM_CONV.COM will need the path and file
          names to your ECHOTOSS.LOG and AREAS.BBS files. It will read
          ECHOTOSS.LOG to find out which areas have new messages, reads
          AREAS.BBS to get the path to those areas, then 1.MSG to find
          out where to start checking out messages. If it finds any new
          messages QM_CONV.COM will convert the date from the Opus
          format to the FTSC format for QMail. The next time Opus sees
          the message it will convert the message back.
          
          If you're going to use QMail with Opus, just uncomment the
          "Exit After EchoMail" and "Exit After Matrix" in your BBS.CTL
          file and insert QM_CONV.COM in your batch file ahead of the QM
          SCAN PACK line in your NERF.BAT. 
           
          The command line is simply:
          
            QM_CONV ECHOTOSS.LOG AREAS.BBS
            
          You have to give a complete path to both your ECHOTOSS.LOG and
          AREAS.BBS file if they aren't in the current directory.
          
                                                         Doug Boone
                                                         FidoNet
                                                         1:119/5.0
                                                         Dec. 14, 1990