Subj : Taglines???
To   : James Coyle
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Fri Jul 02 2021 04:00 pm

Hello James,

Friday July 02 2021 12:07, you wrote to me:

JC> Even if there were standards, taglines are not specific to FidoNet so
JC> saying they must be coupled with a tearline wouldn't work.

If it is an echomail message, yes, there should be a tearline unless you put in a PID kludge in the message.  In netmail, no tearline or origin line and if you go by custom, no tagline either.

However, using high ASCII characters to start a tagline instead of "..." is frowned upon in Fidonet (and several other FTN networks) because of possible issues with those characters being misinterpreted.  I know in QWK networks there is no high ASCII restriction.

JC> I may change it to place itself directly above the tear line, but
JC> personally I kind of like the blank space above it.  Open to hearing
JC> more opinions though if people have them.

From what I've seen in my time hanging out around these parts, in echomail, it's "tagline-tearline-origin line" without any spaces between.  I've also seen plenty of messages where people put a space in between the tagline and the tearline/origin combo.

I'd say if you're going to do this, put in an option to leave a space between the tagline and the tearline/origin combo.  I have seen people who use cookies (basically a multiple-line tagline) and they normally put a space between the cookie and the tearline/origin combo.

Thank you for continuing to develop Mystic.  I appreciate your effort and time invested in your software!

-- Sean

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