Re: Echomail real name test
  By: Tommi Koivula to Sebastien Ruel on Sat Jan 02 2021 04:40 pm

 > Hi Sebastien.
 >
 > 02 Jan 21 08:37:56, you wrote to All:
 >
 >  SR> @TZUTC: -0500
 >  SR> @MSGID: 12.fidonet_fidotest@1:229/1017 2455ad41
 >  SR> @PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/2a9de5d95 Dec 28 2020 GCC 9.3.0
 >  SR> @TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/2a9de5d95 Dec 28 2020 GCC 9.3.0
 >  SR> @COLS: 80
 >  SR> @BBSID: BEETS
 >
 > What is the purpose of this BBSID kludge?

It helps to tie a BBS's FidoNet identities (AKAs) together with their QWK BBS-ID. For Synchronet, this helps with the display of user avatars in message headers. It could be used for other purposes in the future.
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