> MSGID.  Combine that with an off-line reader and this is what
 > you get (unless by some fluke the OLR supports REPLY line
 > generation.)

 > Whether it's "breaking" FTS-9 can be debated, I suppose, but
 > I'd much rather bang my head on a brick wall.

Generation of ^aREPLY lines is not required by FTS-9.

 > Also, the Blue Wave door generates MSGID after the user
 > uploads their reply bundle, not at the time of message
 > creation.

It isn't?

When exactly is a message "created"? When originally written,
when invented by the author in his own mind, when the "save"
button is hit in the user's editor, when the message is actually injected
into the network (either on the BBS itself, or even when packed for
transmission).

I don't think distinguishing between any of this is particularly useful as
it would necessarily mean being more specific (and therefore restrictive).
There are many ways you can create a message, not least of which might be
writing it into a text file and uploading it to the BBS - which is, in
fact, what an OLR does. Would you claim that the user should create the
MSGID in their text file before they uploaded it?  :-)

The only point is that it is created and placed in the message on the
originating system, and as soon as is practical. In fact, the specification
is not that specific, nor need it be. Some things can (presumably) be left
to common sense.


david

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