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to: MARK LEWIS
from: AUGUST ABOLINS
date: 2019-03-30 22:30:00
subject: testing custom reply head

Hello mark,

 ML> i didn't use that and don't really like it at all... it was put there by
 ML> my (new) BBS software... all the same information is in the header
 ML> already so i just don't see any need for it to be put into the message
 ML> body, too... plus it should be trimmed out in replies anyway as per
 ML> nettiquette ;)

True.  It is not necessary to replicate another copy of what's already in the
"actual" header.  Rewriting the Subject and all the dates seems totally
overkill.


 ML> that depends on the news server you are using to read... JAMNNTPd systems
 ML> can do this but i'm not sure about others... news just simply doesn't
 ML> have the same  capabilities that pure FTN has and there is definitely
 ML> some loss of information...

Jammnntpd still seems to retain a lot of the kludges. I just miss the
distinctiveness of From and To names.


../|ug

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