Subj : talking to myself
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Feb 19 2005 03:24 pm

 ml>> in what way is the SBBS MSGID flawed??

 MK> Have you looked at them?  I don't have one handy but basically
 MK> it looks like the following;

 MK> @MSGID: 1:3634/12@fidonet 188f2e98 1:3634/12@fidonet 188F2E98

actually, here's one from this very echo...

   @MSGID: 75.fido_perl@1:3613/47 06776802

 MK> I am not sure I got that EXACTLY right but that is a close
 MK> enough approximation.  I just cut the above one from your
 MK> message and editted it accordingly to what I recall about SBBS
 MK> MSGID specs.

i still, see nothing wrong with it... the specs state that the first part is to 
be the address of the originating system... i'm not sure about the "75" but 
fido_perl@1:3613/47 is more definitive as it points to the actual message base 
on that system...

basically, the term "address" is somewhat ambiguous... many have argued that it 
means FTN addresses only... others have argued that it is not that restrictive 
and that i'net style addresses are also ok as well as PCRelay/RIME addresses 
and even WWIVnet addresses...

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