Subj : Re: Newbie question
To   : deon
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Nov 27 2024 09:38 am

Hi deon,

On 2024-11-27 09:47:49, you wrote to MRO:

de> Origin lines are however optional (as per FTS-4),

It doesn't say that! It says:

"Although the Origin line is not required by all Echomail processors, it is added by the Conference Mail System to ensure complete compatibility."

It is not very clear wording, but I read that as software that creates echomail messages should always add the origin line. But software that processes echomail, should be flexible when it is not present.

fsc-0074.001, the supposed succesor of fts-0004.001, has much clearer wording, and leaves no room for interpretation: "There shall be exactly one origin line in a message."

I don't know why fsc-0074 never made it as fts-0004.002. It was drafted between 06 Jun 1991 and 28 July 1993. Maybe if someone has archived the contents of the private FTSC area, this can be made clear?


Bye, Wilfred.

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