Hello Maurice.

19 Feb 05 09:40, you wrote to me:

 RT>> Using them basically as MBSE BBS implements them ...

 MK> Right.  Same here except different program.  However thinking and
 MK> playing with them in the txt2pkt.pl script, as well as the small Perl
 MK> MSGID routine written for the occasion, yeilds a slightly different
 MK> perspective on it.

That maybe, but they are still useful, maybe not as useful as they could be, 
but ...

 RT>> No big deal, and if it is not easily readale by humans, then I'm
 RT>> sure asolution exists that can be implemented to make it so in
 RT>> times of need, ascript maybe ...

 MK> Probably.  I don't trust it as a dupechecker though and if no real
 MK> standardization as far as it's generation then not likely good for
 MK> sorting either.  I am not sure what it is good for myself especially
 MK> since leaving it out altogether doesn't cause any grief anywhere other
 MK> then with people who look for it and make demands for it to be there.
 MK> Seems to get by everyone's radar, even badly formed ones in most
 MK> cases.  :-/

Well, if it is there it gets used here and if not well, too bad, the only 
dupes that got thru here where those generated by the fellow in Switzerland 
with his "gate" a while back, that I know of that is. Tho I
sometimes wonder 
about the odd msg time to time, no problem tho.

Russell

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