Re: Re: Telnet Vs SSH
  By: Jon Watson to rob swindell on Sun Oct 31 2004 07:50 pm

 >  > RS> Only the Origin line with the '*' is a valid Origin line.
 > 
 > According to FTS-4, yes.
 > 
 >  > OK....will there only ever be one * Origin line? Is it spec that if there
 >  > more that they start with # ?
 > 
 > No, but that is a common practice.
 > 
 > <<<====== end quote
 > 
 > 
 > OK, cool. So...before I go jumping into my code.....
 > 
 > For the sake of argument, am I required to keep all origin lines, or just th
 > one starting with the '*'?

I would keep (and convert) any existing origin lines as it helps track gated
messages and other potential problems.

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