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echo: ftsc_public
to: ROB SWINDELL
from: ALEXEY VISSARIONOV
date: 2019-04-15 14:11:00
subject: Desired Living Document (

Good ${greeting_time}, Rob!

15 Apr 2019 03:49:58, you wrote to Kees van Eeten:

 RS> That's a good question. I haven't see any BBS message editors that
 RS> insert a so-called "soft CR" and FTS-1 says they (character 0x8d)
 RS> should be ignored

s/ignored/treated as all other printable characters like 0x8C or 0x8E/

 RS> when importing packets, so that whole concept just seems to be an
 RS> anachronism. Does anyone actuall send/receive "soft CRs"?

No.

Also, in the half of Fidonet any special processing of this character is
considered technical AB.


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