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echo: fidotest
to: ROB SWINDELL
from: NICHOLAS BOEL
date: 2016-02-08 15:34:00
subject: Re: Soupgate

Hello Rob,

On 08 Feb 16 15:50, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Rob Swindell:

 MV> If you feel the need for that, use some other method of uniquely
 MV> "fingerprinting" messages locally on your system. MD5 might be a
 MV> start.. No need to impose your local needs on Fidonet.

 MV> But... if you feel Fidonet needs a way to ID a message that is unique
 MV> over a period longer than three years, the proper way to do that is to
 MV> submit a proposal for say "XMSGID".

This.. is.. priceless. The FTSC administrator (a virtual paper pusher) is
telling a developer what he can or can't and should or shouldn't do. LOL!

Regards,
Nick

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