PE> A system that relies on normal ascii characters instead of
PE> control lines is EXTREMELY flakey.

BL> A system that relies on control lines will never be able to
BL> transmit graphics.

Crap, you just specify that the control line contains the number
of bytes following it that contain the graphics, and all is fine.

PE> I personally would like it stripped when I'm reading my messages,
PE> in the same way as NETMAIL. I am more than happy for the originating
PE> address to appear in pink somewhere near the "from".

Medieval. You have to have an absolute separation between user text
and anything else. Then the message reader can do what it likes as far
as on screen presentation is concerned. As long as you have ANYTHING in
user text thats anything but, even software package brag lines, you have
fucked up. They only get into the user text when the standard is too
limited and there is nowhere else to put them.

BL> Personally, I like it where it is, in green. I'd like to see
BL> the "From" in netmail turned back into an orign line. Overall,
BL> I don't think personal preferences matter.

You are mixing up two different questions here. The standard needs to
have the data in a message adequately tagged so message processing code
can readily work out what is what. Thats a completely different question
to how say a message reader displays text to users. THAT has to be
configurable to allow for user preference. Something that is used a lot
HAS to allow for user preferences if its going to be chosen by users.

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