Subj : Re: FTN Packet File Structure?
To   : sean dennis
From : Jon Watson
Date : Fri Oct 15 2004 09:05 am

======>>> Sean Dennis, 1:18/200 wrote:

Originally to: Jon Watson

>From FSC-0039.� There may have been a few changes since this doc so you may
need to play with it a little.

...snip...


<<<====== end quote


Wicked, thanks Sean. I've stumbled (with a little help from Mark) onto the FTS
and FSC docs but I'm having trouble figuring out the message structure.

I understand that everything before the actualy message body is null
terminated, and I can parse that out without a problem. What I think is odd,
and therefore assume I'm misunderstanding, is that the message body appears to
start with the AREA: keyword. What I've seen is that different messages have
varying fields between the AREA: keyword and the beginning of the actual text
of the message. This makes it pretty hard to separate the part of the message
body I want to see, and the part I don't want to see.

I *think* I've figured out (need a few more packets to confirm) that the fields
that comprise the part I don't want to see are separated by a ^M^A token,
whereas the message body starts with a single ^M.

Is this the way it's supposed to be? Seems kinda laisse faire (no, I can't
spell that).

Thanks!

Jon

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