Subj : Re: Newbie question
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : deon
Date : Wed Nov 27 2024 21:07:32

  Re: Re: Newbie question
  By: Wilfred van Velzen to deon on Wed Nov 27 2024 09:38 am

Hey Wilfred,

 > It doesn't say that! It says:
 >
 > "Although the Origin line is not required by all Echomail processors, it is
 > added by the Conference Mail System to ensure complete compatibility."
 >
 > It is not very clear wording, but I read that as software that creates
 > echomail messages should always add the origin line. But software that
 > processes echomail, should be flexible when it is not present.

I'm not going to 100% agree with you on this one.

In FTS-0004, in the section about Origin lines (which is point 3), the wording as you have quoted "not required by all..." and "added... complete compatibility" indicates to me that it is not (absolutely) required, but rather useful if it is added.

Further, point 1 (Area Line), and point 4 (Seen-by Lines), explicitly states that these control fields are required. So if point 3 was required, I would expect it to explicitly state that too.

Certainly I agree that FSC-0074 does make this clearer and states that they are required. It probably should have been promoted to a technical standard, but wasnt, for whatever reasons it never made it?


....лоеп

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