Hi andrew.

  >> true, but all C implementations that I'm aware of return
  >> "unixtime" (seconds since 1/1/1970 GMT) either as a long (or
  >> posibly as a float in some cases?)

 ac> Well, the point was they can return what they like.  There is also
 ac> the issue of localtime vs UTC/GMT when it comes to using seconds
 ac> since 1970-01-01 00:00

yeah if the don't have TZ set correcty they'll could get localtime or some
other time zone instead.

  >> if you can fix FTS-9 we only need to replace half our software to
  >> be compatible. for something new it all needs to be fixed. :)

 ac> Message-ID won't stop people from using MSGID.

but if their software can't read the REPLY replacemny they loose out...

 -=> Bye <=-

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