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echo: public_domain
to: andrew clarke
from: Alexander Watson Law
date: 1996-03-17 00:31:36
subject: FTS-0501

> I haven't changed this.  I checked FTS-0004, and it has a 
 > space after the tearline.

 ac> Yeah, but if you treat the space as part of the data then 
 ac> it makes sense.  

 ac> How about ...

 ac> o ---[]

Yes!! Excellent, documents the reality clearly.

 ac>> Saying it should be a 4D address is your interpretation.  
 ac>> Certainly a 5D address is acceptable by the vast majority 
 ac>> of FidoNet mail processors and readers currently being 
 ac>> used.  

 > Which 5d format?  I don't know too many that will parse 
 > fidonet#3:711/934.9.

 ac> The format listed in FTS-6, eg. 3:635/727.4{at}fidonet.  

I've also seen kludges with 3/2:1^FidoNet (and to make matters worse, some
things like 3:/2/1^User_Name)


 > And I can't see a reason to allow this when FTS-4 doesn't 
 > even allow it.  BFN.  Paul.

 ac> That's fine.  I only mentioned that for academic purposes.

Footnote Time Paul :-)

...Alex.
(Pagan & Proud)

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ac>> * Origin: Conference Mail System (Opus 1:222/333)
* Origin: Elfwhere - the POINty eared POINt (3:640/450.2379)
SEEN-BY: 640/103 305 306 450 458 711/809 934 712/610
@PATH: 640/450 305 711/934

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