Subj : type 2.2 pkt header
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 11:48 am

  Re: type 2.2 pkt header
  By: Carlos Navarro to Rob Swindell on Fri Apr 14 2023 11:46 am

 > 13 Apr 2023 12:24, you wrote to Maurice Kinal:
 >
 >  >>  CN> FSC-39 or FSC-48?
 >  >>
 >  >> You tell me.  Without checking out either I am going out on a limb
 >  >> and say neither.
 >
 >  RS> So *I* call FSC-48 compliant packets "Type 2+" and FSC-39 comliant
 >  RS> packets as "Type 2e". Any packet claiming to be 2+ is likely FSC-48
 >  RS> compliant, but *might* be just 2e compliant.
 >
 > My tosser calls FSC-39 packets "Type 2+"...

What does your tosser call FSC-48 formatted packets?

 >  RS> The details/differences are itemized here:
 >  RS> http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:fidonet_packets
 >
 > Yeah, that's an excellent reference guide.

Thanks!

 > My question was about the "defacto standard" that Maurice mentioned. It may
 > seem that the most common is FSC-39: hpt, FMail, Squish, Mystic, etc.

My recollection was that most packets that I see are in FSC-48 format (i.e. include the auxNet field), but I'll double-check that.
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