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echo: fidotest
to: Tommi Koivula
from: Wilfred van Velzen
date: 2021-11-03 13:09:00
subject: Re: Test from uplink

Hi Tommi,

On 2021-11-03 12:50:23, you wrote to me:

 ??>>>> AREA:FIDOTEST
 ??>>>> @Via 2:280/464 @20211102.230544.970.UTC FMail-lnx64(Toss)
 ??>>>> 2.1.0.18-B20170815
 TK>>> Via line in echomail? Is this some Fmail internal thing for dupearea?
 WV>> Indeed it is. They are added to messages that are moved to the dupes
 WV>> area. So you know the exact time the dupe arrived/was-processed,
 WV>> without having to dive in the logs. A Via kludge line seems
 WV>> appropriate for this, because it already is a fidonet standard, for
 WV>> this exact purpose. But maybe I should have "renamed" it to something
 WV>> like "@Received" or "@Processed" to avoid these questions. ;-)

 TK> Or you should not quote it to avoid these questions. :D

Too much "work"! ;-)

And maybe it inspires other software developers to do something similar.

Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
                                                                                               
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