On 2019 Mar 26 20:50:40, you wrote to All:

 ON> In the pkt and msg headers, the fields cost and baud...

you should read FSP-1042 ;)

 ON> are they still used anywhere? I know in a past coversation -- Nick
 ON> shared with me costing can get complex - but do people still use
 ON> costing,

probably not...

 ON> and why does it matter to the msg, and to the receiving system(s)?

it doesn't matter to the receiving system... it matters to the sending 
system... storing this information in the message or packet allowed the system 
to have it handy when rescanning the outbound to qualify mail... the problem 
was that it wasn't zeroed out when the packet was sent... one reason for not 
zeroing it out was if the packet didn't go after being qualified, that 
information was lost...

in this day in time, cost is generally always zero...

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