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to: Simon Avery
from: Rachael Munns
date: 1999-03-30 21:44:48
subject: Re: Packets

In fidonet.net-dev, Simon Avery wrote:

 SA> Did anyone ever sort out a workable text-based packet format? Some talk
 SA> a while back about basing it loosely on SOUP, but then it all went quiet.

SOUP merely encapsulates the news format mostly specified in RFC1036.
I wouldn't describe it as a packet format. You could distribute raw
pkt's as SOUP, at least in theory.

-- 
Rachael


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