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 On Sunday November 17 1996, Mark Lewis said to andrew clarke:

 ML> BTW, this "origin line doesn't immediately follow it" is not a
 ML> valid technical statement.  No spec guarantees that.  No spec
 ML> even says they come in that order.  Just more of the mess.
 ML> BFN.  Paul.

 ac>> In echomail, have you ever actually seen a tearline that didn't
 ac>> come immediately before an origin line?

 ML> yep!! there are some programs out there that are derived from other
 ML> networks and how they work. one such network is the RIME/PCRELAY
 ML> network. in that network, the tearline is above all program notices,
 ML> taglines, fluff and stuff...

 ML> ie:

 ML>   --- Msged/2 4.00

 ML> fred, somesite
 ML>    ... taglines are wasteful and should be torn off with other
 ML> garbage.
 ML>    * OFFLINE! QWK door
 ML>    # Origin: another net in another place (100:3/42)
 ML> (3:635/728.4{at}fidonet)

 ML> the above is a perfect example of what the tearline was originally
 ML> designed for... originally as in the first person to come up with it,
 ML> not as in used by this network...

 ML> here in fidonet, i do see the following style as well...

 ML>   --- Msged/2 4.00
 ML>    + OFFLINE! QWK door
 ML> (3:635/728.4{at}fidonet)

 ML> in other words, with fido's anarchistic methods of development, the
 ML> tearline doesn't mean caca... if the original use of the tearline had
 ML> actually been kept in it's implementation, we wouldn't have the
 ML> tearline discussions that we are having today.

 ML> )\/(ark

Andrew Clarke

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