DD> Origin lines are a wank, there for the user's entertainment only.  The 
DD> software uses the shit in the message header to determine where it came 
DD> from.

PE> No they're not.  The address of the person who wrote the message is
PE> NOT in the header.

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

Two things:

1. It's optional (you won't find it in my messages, e.g.)
2. It's not guaranteed to be a fidonet address, even when you're
in a fidonet network.  It could be an internet address, or an
othernet address, or a fakenet address, or a Compuserve address,
etc etc.

BFN.  Paul.
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