In a message to Jonathan de Boyne Pollard 
rowan crowe  wrote:

 JdBP> {at}MSGID: 2:440/4.0 2f285dfb

 rc>     I notice that none of your messages have a ^aREPLY line,
 rc> yet you are able to generate ^aMSGID. Why? Is this not
 rc> breaking the spec by not following it fully?

He's using the Blue Wave door for Maximus, which generates a 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.

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

Right now the brick wall looks very inviting.

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