Subj : sbbsecho and bad packets
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Oct 21 2025 12:14 am

 Re: sbbsecho and bad packets
 By: deon to Digital Man on Tue Oct 21 2025 05:46 pm

>   Re: sbbsecho and bad packets
>   By: Digital Man to deon on Mon Oct 20 2025 11:04 pm
>
> Howdy,
>
>  > The standard (FTS-1) only has that one definition of the DateTime field
>  > in packets and it includes the (single) Null byte. So I don't think the
>  > requirement of the Null byte has really ever been ambiguous.
>
> Are we reading different versions of FTS-1?
> http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-0001.016
>
> I see a DateTime mentioned in B.1 (the stored message), and in C.1 (the
> packed message).
>
> I've been referencing to the C.1 reference all along.

Yeah, me too. But the DateTime *definition* is only in one place in the doc. And that definition includes the Null byte.
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