Subj : This is what I saw for my first [link](http) test in
To   : August Abolins
From : Brother Rabbit
Date : Mon May 24 2021 12:04:10

Hi, August!

23 май 21 13:14, August Abolins -> Brother Rabbit:

 BR>> This is a *good* reason to abandon the program in which
 BR>> the message was created.

 AA> Heheh! That's a good one. Made me laugh!  :D

Nothing funny at all. The program behaves inadequately.

 BR>> First, it inserted a character that _isn't_ there;
 BR>> secondly, it inserted a character that _shouldn't_ _be_ in
 BR>> the Fido messages. I mean the character 0x0A (you see
 BR>> %0A).

 AA> The x0A is legit. It's the same as a hard CR when this system
 AA> prepares a message for which I've configured a maximum of 63
 AA> chars per line.

By the way, this is a violation of the standard. The 0x0A symbol *MUST* not be in the message at all. The 0x0D symbol should not appear where the author of the message did not put it with his own hands.

 AA> What I think your bot/tosser logic algorithm could do is look
 AA> for illegal chars in the string of the (http....) part, and
 AA> simply take them out.

Although, the standard says that when processing messages, the 0x0A character must be ignored.

 AA> IOW, if it detects a [ and ] and ( and ) as consecutive pairs,
 AA> then assume it is markup for a link, and then only allow valid
 AA> chars inbetween the round braces.

Yes. I can put such a spike, but it will mean that formally I will have to change the message, which in itself is not entirely good.

Have nice nights.
       Brother Rabbit.

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