On 2019 Feb 18 14:16:04, you wrote to me:

 ml>> it was discussed some time back (maybe 10-15 years?) but decided
 ml>> against since  they are not FTN related... they are specific to
 ml>> message storage which can be  done in any format and is not required
 ml>> for FTN participation...

 RS> FOSSIL isn't required for FTN participation either, yet it's an FSC
 RS> document. 

it was at one time because that was the only way to have the software be able 
to run on multiple platforms with widely differing serial port methodologies... 
there was also a video fossil (aka VFOSSIL) used due to differing video 
methodologies... MSG is also documented and not required...

i actually liked the idea of having the message base formats and detailed 
information on how they worked in the library but... that discussion was back 
when odin, colin or scott were the chair... i'm fairly sure it was before 
scott... i don't have a problem adding them to the /reference/ library... it is 
a bit late in the game, though...

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