PE> When you receive a message without SOT/EOT, you just have to
PE> take one big guess. When you receive a message with SOT/EOT,
PE> you know that it follows a set of rules to enable to you find
PE> the user-entered text.

BL>   How do I know the EOT is a real one? I sent you a false one this
BL> morning, perfectly within FTS-1 and FTS4.

It wasn't within the SOT/EOT spec.  Using that logic, we are not
allowed to propose any new kludges, we have to stick with FTS-1
and FTS-4 for the rest of our lives.  That's not the way it goes.
If you can graft something new on top of that, ie it is upwardly
compatible, you can use it.  BFN.  Paul.
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