Subj : MSGID
To   : Oli
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Fri Feb 04 2022 06:33 pm

 Re: MSGID
 By: Oli to Rob Swindell on Fri Feb 04 2022 12:49 pm

> Rob wrote (2022-02-03):
>
> >   > Your interpretation of a valid return address for the originating
> >   > network is interesting though:
> >   >
> >   > @MSGID: 31383.ftsc_pub@1:103/705 2661db4a
>
> > If you send a netmail there, it'll reach me.
>
> Since when is name@1:2/3 a valid address scheme in Fido? Can you point to
> the relevant FTS/FSC?

Here's one:
http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0058.002

But mainly, I can point you to "prior art" in the form of *thousands* of MSGIDs that contain originaddr fields using that scheme from FidoNet messages going back 20+ years.

But that's kind of irrelevant as the field does not *have* to be a valid return address for the originating networking; it can be whatever that developer decides will make the message-ID the most useful. In my opinion, uniqueness is the most important and useful attribute of a message-ID, so anything that improves its uniqueness is a virtue.
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