JM> Actually your statement is false.  The editor that CREATES the message

which one? you didn't quote it back to me...

 JM> does have control over placement of the Clt-A lines int eh message body
 JM> and as such, SHOULD put them in the proper order.  IMHO.

the point is that there is NO proper order... the only rules are that they
must come after the header adn before the end of the message...

 JM> FWIW, all my stuff is object based.  The style of you coding used here
 JM> is way too outdated for me.  Serial programming is where I cut my teeth
 JM> and I'd never go back to it.   I don't mean to sound critical, but
 JM> when you code for performance and efficiency, that's just not the best
 JM> way to handle it.

are you trying to tell me that object programming doesn't use "serial
programming" ?? i don't think so... the only differences, deep down,
is how you access the routines and where they are "stored"...
code is code, paahts is paahts... >

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