BL> I only look for "To:" before ">" so it
doesn't look in quotes.
 BL> I ignore all spaces, fail it on any number over 999, or any
 BL> sequence of numbers less than 3 or more than 4. It would accept
 BL> 3:54/54; not 3:54. 

 BG> What about 3:640/6666 or 3:640/305.6666 ? As these contain
 BG> numerals which are greater than 999, would it then fail ? 

  It would fail on 3:640/6666 but 3:640/305.6666 would just ignore the
point and return 3:640/305 as the address because it already has three
numbers.

  I look for "To:" and then I ignore all spaces and look for numbers 
with delimiters between. Anything but a space counts as a delimiter,
in case the old pensioner uses ";" instead of ":", and
to make sure 
I've got a real address I set a limit of 999. I could make it 9999
just as easily, because I still need 3 numbers and less than 4.  

 BG> I ask this because Alex is trying for a node address which is
 BG> the same as his current point address (and the last four digits
 BG> of his telephone number), and I've seen several Zone 1
 BG> addresses with 4 or more digits too.

  Alex is a dickhead! I won't send the bastards any mail, so there!

 BL> At present, I have two ways to send netmail: use the netmail
 BL> area (address optional), 

 BG> That's OK if the recipient is calling the same board, but
 BG> without an address, how would it be routed through other nodes
 BG> ?

  ROFL!! It wouldn't. If you try to send netmail without an address, 
then it looks up the name list and if it finds the name then it uses 
that address. If it doesn't find the name in the list, it sends the 
netmail to yourself so you know it didn't go anywhere.

  I'm still trying to decide what to do if the address is different 
than that listed under the name. If it were a reader, I'd just give
a warning, but this happens after the message is packed, so I'll
probably send the message to myself. 

 BL> Both QWK and PKT have message headers, but *both* of them send
 BL> the Netmail information in the message itself. Bloody crazy!

 BG> Que? I just checked my message base, and neither netmail nor
 BG> echomail has any address info in the message body itself. In
 BG> fact, they appear identical in format. It's the tosser (no
 BG> offence!) and the editor which determine how a netmail is sent,
 BG> not the manner in which it's addressed (using PKT format of
 BG> course, dunno about QWK).

  PKT format puts the netmail address information in the message,
following the SUBJECT null terminator but before the actual text. It
is identified by Hex 01 (@) followed by INTL then TOPT and FMPT as the
point destination and origin. It does the same thing in ordinary mail
to identify the conference name... @AREA:LOCUSER

  QWK identifies Netmail with its "To: 3:711/034.12"... also in the
message.

Regards,
Bob

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