db> What about a test - if the "area" after "AREA:"
db> is not a known valid area name, then assume it's
db> normal message text and therefore a netmail message.

PE> And if it was netmail from a user via Sydney PCUG, then
PE> it suddenly has the potential to get into ZONE3_SYSOP,
PE> something the user otherwise didn't have access to.

RS> You've just done a massive foot shot on this one. You claim that BBSs
RS> guarantee that users cant fuck up like that, by protecting themselves
RS> from the users. 

That is correct.  They can protect against ALL kludge lines, by
simply not allowing the user to enter x'01'.

However, protecting against kludge lines that don't start with
x'01' is a problem.  They either don't protect against it, or
they have to destroy normal ASCII text.

That's part of the problem that SOT/EOT was designed to solve.
BFN.  Paul.
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