* Original to Paul Edwards of 3:712/719.5{at}fidonet.org

cc: Matt Curtis

In a message of , Paul Edwards (3:712/719.5{at}fidonet.org) writes:

 PE >Chris Moran, 3:620/247
 PE > (no resume available)
 PE > 1. Read the FTS + FSC documents to see if there is any
 PE >    mention of Opus's *.msg format, in order to help Matt
 PE >    Curtis.

The message body is a null terminated and of variable length.  It sits
immediately after these headers (which do work, based on code I've been
writing that uses them).

I'll put them on hold at 3:620/247.0 (aka 3:620/200.0) for anybody that wants
them.

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Message header                                                           */
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
struct _msg
   {
      byte from[36];
      byte to[36];
      byte subj[72];
      byte date[20];       /* Obsolete/unused ASCII date information        */
      word times;          /* FIDO: Number of times read                */
      word dest;           /* Destination node                              */
      word orig;           /* Origination node number                       */
      word cost;           /* Unit cost charged to send the message         */

      word orig_net;       /* Origination network number                    */
      word dest_net;       /* Destination network number                    */

                           /* A TIMESTAMP is a 32-bit integer in the Unix   */
                           /* flavor (ie. the number of seconds since       */
                           /* January 1, 1970).  Timestamps in messages are */
                           /* always Greenwich Mean Time, never local time. */

      struct _stamp date_written;   /* When user wrote the msg              */
      struct _stamp date_arrived;   /* When msg arrived on-line             */

      word reply;          /* Current msg is a reply to this msg number     */
      word attr;           /* Attribute (behavior) of the message           */
      word up;             /* Next message in the thread                    */
   };



/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Message attributes                                                       */
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#define MSGPRIVATE 0x0001  /* private message         * 0000 0000 0000 0001 */
#define MSGCRASH   0x0002  /* squirtmail              * 0000 0000 0000 0010 */
#define MSGREAD    0x0004  /* read by addressee       * 0000 0000 0000 0100 */
#define MSGSENT    0x0008  /* sent OK (remote)          0000 0000 0000 1000 */
#define MSGFILE    0x0010  /* file attached to msg    * 0000 0000 0001 0000 */
#define MSGFWD     0x0020  /* in transit                0000 0000 0010 0000 */
#define MSGORPHAN  0x0040  /* unknown dest node         0000 0000 0100 0000 */
#define MSGKILL    0x0080  /* kill after bundling     * 0000 0000 1000 0000 */
#define MSGLOCAL   0x0100  /* FidoNet vs. local         0000 0001 0000 0000 */
#define MSGHOLD    0x0200  /* Hold, don't send        * 0000 0010 0000 0000 */
#define MSGXX2     0x0400  /*              X? 0000 0100 0000 0000 */
#define MSGFRQ     0x0800  /* file request            * 0000 1000 0000 0000 */
#define MSGRRQ     0x1000  /* receipt requested      X* 0001 0000 0000 0000 */
#define MSGCPT     0x2000  /* is a return receipt    X* 0010 0000 0000 0000 */
#define MSGARQ     0x4000  /* audit trail requested  X* 0100 0000 0000 0000 */
#define MSGURQ     0x8000  /* update request         X* 1000 0000 0000 0000 */
                                                   /*-----------------------*/
                                                   /* ^                     */
                                                   /* |                     */
                                                   /*  * = preserved by     */
                                                   /*      the network      */
                                                   /*  ? = stripped by the  */
                                                   /*      net (FTSC spec)  */
                                                   /*      but preserved    */
                                                   /*      by seadog    */
                                                   /*  X = not used by Opus */
                                                   /*-----------------------*/


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