Paul, at 23:34 on May 16 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PE> The address of the person who wrote the message is NOT in the header.

BG> So what's wrong with using the MSGID for that ?

PE> Two things: 1. It's optional (you won't find it in my messages, e.g.)

SOT/EOT is optional too, but you still attempt to force it upon others.

PE> 2. It's not guaranteed to be a fidonet address, even when you're
PE> in a fidonet network.  It could be an internet address, or an
PE> othernet address, or a fakenet address, or a Compuserve address, etc.

You don't know how pleased I am that I really don't give a fuck.

Regards, Bill

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