MSGID: 2:280/464.113 5ca61d52   
   REPLY: 2:280/464 5ca5c283   
   Hallo Wilfred!   
      
    WvV> So it doesn't seem like a good idea to add a random point number   
    WvV> to the MSGID   
      
   I wouldn't make it random but like the UID in a user database instead.  That   
   way on a multiuser BBS there would be a way to keep MSGID's unique if and when   
   the serial number collides with another user of the BBS when serial numbers   
   are unixtime based, which in many cases it is.   
      
    WvV> a packed message doesn't have room for the point number part of   
    WvV> the FTN address, it seems the address from the MSGID is used for   
    WvV> this   
      
   I always look to the Origin for the address.  In the case of this reply it is   
   the same as the MSGID's ftn address simply because this is an actual point   
   which doesn't use the resources of the mothership 2:280/464 to post or reply   
   to echomail or netmail.  However a BBS recieving a message with it's node   
   number plus a point number ought to know that the point number is part of a   
   user database it has onboard and that it corresponds to a user ... or process   
   such as a robotized application used for administrative purposes.  I don't see   
   why this would be an issue, even in the case of actual points off a system   
   such as the EuroPoint.   
      
   For the record, the message I am replying to - "MSGID: 2:280/464 5ca5c283" -   
   shows up twice on Little Mikey's Brain since it has two links to this   
   particular echoarea, not counting the EuroPoint.  On this path - "PATH:   
   280/464 154/10" - your message is fine and shows no sign of any    
   iggery-pokery, whereas this path - "PATH: 280/464 770/1 153/250 757" - there   
   is obvious word wrapping applied with a few of the sentences having a space at   
   the start of the line.   
      
   It isn't just my messages that are getting fscked up.   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
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    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)   
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