Subj : Local vs Network message boards
To   : Blue White
From : Accession
Date : Sun May 05 2024 08:36:58

Hello Blue,

On Sun, 5 May 2024 13:07:18 -0500, you wrote:

 BW> This post got me thinking, though, so I fired up MM on a QWK packet.  It
 BW> truncates the subjects to ~24 on replies also.  I wonder if that is a
 BW> *QWK* standard and all QWK readers do it when processing QWK packages?

That's definitely possible. I haven't kept up with (or even looked at) QWK standards. But even taking a look at Synchronet's wiki about QWK it does seem to show the length of 25 bytes (with the last byte reserved for an ascii 32 character = 24 bytes). So good call on that, as that would explain it.

 BW> In BW packet mode, I do believe that MM allows for more, but it has been
 BW> a while since I have needed to read BW packets so my memory may be faulty
 BW> here.

Yeah, as I mentioned, I've only seen it recently from SLMR, but it's also possible I wasn't paying that close of attention, and the fact that quite a few subjects are usually less than this limit anyway. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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