hs>> Mark please, I am not going to spent more than 10 seconds
hs>> on this.  I saw your message twice.  It may be as you say,
hs>> you edited later.  Whatever.

ML> then why tell me to fix my software (left quoted above> ?

HS> Because you LET a DUPE get out!!!

if i edited it or otherwise altered its MSGID, then it is not a dupe...
only two messages with identical text bodies... you have offered no
evidence, hector, to the contrary... all you did was to pounce upon me
with a statement and nothing to back it up... i cannot find any dupes
from me to others in my message base and you have offered no assistance
other than telling me that YOU received a 'dupe' and to fix my
software...

maybe someone upstream from you had to retoss the PKT that that message
was in?

HS> As far as arugments is concern, I know I am RIGHT. and you KNOW I am
HS> right. You can't admit it. You don't want to ADMIT it that you ARE
HS> advocating the generation of BAD addressing into the NET. I can't
HS> say that you are actually responsible because you don't author any
HS> software, but you are telling "potential authors" reading this echo,
HS> how to create illogical software.

you may be 'right' as far as addressing is conerned but you are
DEFINITELY =WRONG= when it comes to using FTS-0009 for addressing... you
are also wrong about me not authoring any software... you don't know
what i have out there ;)

HS> I repeat:

HS>      I AM NOT SPITTING OUT BAD ADDRESSES INTO THE NET FOR THE NEXT
HS> GUY TO      SCREW UP WITH.

then what FIDONET standard or proposal are you (going) to use for this??
FTS-0009 =PLAINLY= states what it is for... Message Identification and
Message Linking... nothing else...

HS> So along as that is the CASE, you and "your FRIENDS" can kiss my
HS> ass, and be OVERWHELMING WRONG all you want.  I will clearly make
HS> sure that when a SYSOP bitches about mail being addressed wrong, I
HS> will remind him to look at the possibility that his user replied to
HS> a message created by one of of Mark's friends email software which
HS> screwed up the addressing in the system.

do what you want to, hector... you always do... however, i suggext that
you also make them aware of what the standard you are butchering really
says... if you don't, others will and once again, your software will
come out looking on the bad side of things...

you still haven't corrected your software to stop violating FSC-0046 and
that's been over a year ago that you were specifically notified...

HS> Hey, atleast YOU now know the same thing and will be able to address
HS> it as well. If you DON'T, then you are hiding behind the truth.

i'm not going to alter the way any of my software uses FTS-0009.

HS> Preach putting bad addressing all you want. I will not be part of
HS> it. 

HS> How far you do you want to take this Mark?

the question is how far do you want to take it... you are wrong in your
use of FTS-0009 and you are trying to justify it with this addressing
argument... i suppose you tell the policeman that you are hungry and
that that gives you the right to exceed the speed limit while going
home, eh? it's the same argument...

)\/(ark