Subj : msg vs jam
To   : Nil Alexandrov
From : Kai Richter
Date : Mon Jan 23 2023 12:19 pm

Hello Nil!

22 Jan 23, Nil Alexandrov wrote to Kai Richter:

 KR>> There is a special the FTN format that was created for that kind
 KR>> of mail exchange. Just use PKT. Any FTN tosser should be able to
 KR>> read and write PKT because it's the common mail exchange format
 KR>> between ftn systems.

 NA> I setup a point system in the config and issued a rescan AreaFix
 NA> request from that point address. Your tosser will read out the
 NA> original message base format and will produce messages in .pkt format.
 NA> Having a point system in this setup will not add extra seen-by/path
 NA> fields, so the metadata (aka kludges) will stay the same with probably
 NA> one exception for HPT which will add the rescanned kludge.

Thanks a lot for that detail. I used a node with with addseenby to protect the rescanned mails from re-tossing last time. Sounds like the point method is much easier.

Regards

Kai

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