Re: Re: reply chains
  By: Wilfred van Velzen to Rob Swindell on Mon Feb 05 2018 09:50 am

 > Hi Rob,
 >
 > On 2018-02-04 21:51:17, you wrote to Nicholas Boel:
 >
 >  RS> I'll write up a FAQ about the stupid FTN MSG-ID standard and why
 >  RS> Synchronet and SBBSecho generate unique FTN message IDs the way it
 >  RS> does.
 >
 > So you are the only sane person in this world of stupid people?

No, I think only one person wrote FTS-9. I doubt he's stupid, but it's stupid
that the spec was never clarified or updated to address its short-sightedness.

 > Where did I hear that before? ;)

I don't know. Where?

 > The MSGID standard is what it is. For whatever reason synchronet choose not
 > to  follow the standard. So don't be surprised that might cause some trouble
 > on all
 > other systems. Standards are there for a reason! So don't blame the others
 > that
 > follow it!

Actually, I did follow the standard. I even followed some existing practices
that had been place for many years before Synchronet and its utilities (e.g.
SBBSecho) started sending messages with unique MSGIDs into FidoNets.

Here's my tired answer to this question:
http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:misc#ftn_msgid

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