Subj : FTS-1 and FTS-4
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Nov 07 2018 12:13 pm


 On 2018 Nov 06 21:41:50, you wrote to Rob Swindell:

 BF>    If I missed anything from the original FTS-1, that was really just the
 BF> README file for the ConfMail tosser/scanner,

you're mixing up FTS-1 with the MSGID/REPLY document, FTS-9 ;)

 BF> I'd say it's a good catch by you and I stand corrected. ConfMail
 BF> stored the messages in MSG-format, one message per *.MSG file.

a lot of systems followed the original MSG format which apparently originated 
on FIDO BBS... randy worked with the author's of that package to create FTS-1 
based on that software and how the network worked at that time... maybe the 
stored message format didn't need to be defined but withut it there would 
likely be a lot less fidonet systems than there have been... that stored 
message definition gave enough information for folks to embrace how to get 
started and where to go from there...

)\/(ark

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