Hi,

On 2016-11-22 12:11:44, Nicholas Boel wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "Netmail and Jam":

 WV>> I just found: http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0057.003

 WV>> It's a proposal for an AreaFix standard (although that word isn't used
 WV>> in there, so I couldn't find it at first). The RESCANNED kludge is
 WV>> mentioned in there. FMail doesn't follow it exactly anymore though,
 WV>> because the kludge now has the same format as the VIA kludge in
 WV>> netmail. Also showing the date/time stamp when the message was
 WV>> rescanned. Which I think is valuable information if you encounter a
 WV>> RESCANNED kludge later on...

 NB> That would explain why it was never upgraded to a standard. Definitely
 NB> would have been a good thing if most tossers would have adopted that
 NB> concept. It could have probably prevented many dupes from systems
 NB> rescanning and forwarding all those messages to their links. :(

Well as a candidate new FTSC member you might be able to do something after
the election. I don't think it can be a FTS, because it's not really
current practise. But it should at least contain the word AreaFix, so it's
easier to find! ;)

Bye, Wilfred.


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