[Mobhack]

If you are playing a secure game and either of you is "sharing" a PBEM slot for 2 or more games due to some reason - then there is simply no point in playing secure, as the totals for the games will be completely screwed. Stuff for the secure game is stored in a registry on each player's machine - and game 2(or more) of either player will nuke game 1's local registry entries.

A secure PBEM slot must be dedicated to the one ongoing game, swapping several games in and out will lead to utter and total data corruption on the security mechanism.

So will reinstalling, moving to new machines, etc, even if the same path is used

So
- is one or both of you re-using a secure slot for another parallel game?
- have one or both of you reinstalled (after a crash say)
- tried to play on different computers (e.g. a works laptop when started on your home box, or upgraded to a new machine in mid play)


AFAIR - its been a while since I tried a secure PBEM - loads and quits for a player should be balanced. He could load his turn several times, after all, if he is doing several 20 minute visits to an ongoing turn that takes him an hour and a half to fully complete.

It'll most likely be a data-handling procedural error of some sort, given that your opponent is known good (though, does he have experience in this particular game system?). And my guess is that he is most likely trying to use the same slot for several ongoing email games in parallel - which is a pure no-no for secure mode PBEMs.

Andy