BL> The problemn is that the writer can do it maliciously. He has
 BL> access to what may be a control line in netmail if he is not a
 BL> point. This only applies to a rogue sysop therefore.

 PE> No, it doesn't apply to rogue sysops, as the sysop is already
 PE> responsible for all the messages leaving his system. It only
 PE> applies to rogue users of a system.

  If I type a first-line AREA in a netmail message, #1FMPT 12 gets put
in front of it. If I am not a point, then your door will do its thing
and read netmail in a different way. The only person who can type AREA
in the first line and send it successfully as netmail is the sysop. 

  Sorry. That's just the way god made it.

 PE> You really don't understand this simple concept, do you? There
 PE> are system operators, who are responsible for the technical
 PE> integrity of the PKTs they send to other system operators.

  Now you are talking about somethign other than accidental AREA: in
the first line, which is what Dave was discussing: a foolproof way to
identify netmail. I'd rather talk about one thing at a time.

 BL> Netmail also don't have an Tear or Origin line, but Paul has
 BL> already stipulated that these are missing (SOT is present,
 BL> however).

 PE> Of course they are missing from netmail. But they can be added
 PE> by the netmail author, being normal ASCII text, as distinct
 PE> from control lines.

  I'm glad you agree with me that there is no foolproof way to
identify Netmail, short of something added instead of the AREA: line.

Regards,
Bob
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