BL> you've been writing a reader and looking at the hex-dump of the
BL> PKT, haven't you? I did that myself and thought: "What's the
BL> extra CR doing at the top of all these messages?"

FM> As it happens, no. I notice the blank line every time I start
FM> to type "Hi, Bob."

BL>   The blank line has the same function as Paul's SOT, in both QWK and
BL> PKT.

The blank line is part of user-text.  SOT isn't.  Poor old
Bob.  Hasn't even got that bit right, yet.  BFN.  Paul.
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