KR> did you ever think though bob, that the world ain't all readers. the 
KR> software that actually moves the messages around would be a lot simpler if 
KR> sot/eot was mandatary. since that isn't really likely at this stage of 
KR> fido's existance, it should also be noted that that software would handle 

At this stage of fido's existence, even PATH is not mandatory.
Very few messages without them though.  That's the way of
fidonet.  BFN.  Paul.
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