Maurice,

Not so long ago (06 May 04) you wrote to Joe:
 JD>> The MSGID is fine and follows the FTS-9 specification as well as
 JD>> later MSG-ID definitions. The "serialno" portion is
repeated twice to
 JD>> generate *more* unique strings for those programs that store the
 JD>> *entire* message-ID (and not just the serialno).
 MK> Hm.  I am cutting and pasting what I have from FTS-0009 and am
 MK> assuming that most, if not all, tossers follow:

 MK>           ^AMSGID: origaddr serialno

^AMSGID: 1:249/303 05002dca 533.fidohusk 05002DCA
         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
         origaddr in "syncronet network" serialno

 MK>      The originating address should be specified in a form that
 MK>      constitutes a valid return address for the originating network.
 MK>      If the originating address is enclosed in double-quotes,  the
 MK>      entire string between the beginning and ending double-quotes is
 MK>      considered to be the orginating address.  A double-quote
 MK> character
 MK>      within a quoted address is represented by by two consecutive
 MK>      double-quote characters.  The serial number may be any eight
 MK>      character hexadecimal number,  as long as it is unique - no two
 MK>      messages from a given system may have the same serial number
 MK>      within a three years.  The manner in which this serial number is
 MK>      generated is left to the implementor.

 MK> According to what I see above there are only two fields and not four.

There's no requirement that origaddr should be enclosed in quotes if it
contains spaces. It may be assumed, but it is not said explicitly, so above
is valid unless it is specified somewhere else 8-)

WBR, Alexander

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