On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Kim Heino wrote to Rudi Timmermans:   
      
   >> @MSGID: 2:292/624 a1590824   
      
    KH> Yes, as it should be.   
      
   yes and no... the majority of software /does/ place the point number in the   
   MSGID... there is nothing in the specs or policy to deny this...   
      
    KH> First of all, you should read fidonet policy. A point is user, not   
    KH> multi-user BBS. For rest of the world, it is your boss node who   
    KH> sends the message and who gets the blame if you do something bad.   
      
    KH> Never run multi-user BBS with a point number!   
      
    KH> I'll repeat: Never run multi-user BBS with a point number!   
      
   points are not single users in all cases... back in the late 80's i was   
   running a multi-node BBS where each node had its own point number... there was   
   no problem with this and my system was a full node at that time...   
      
    KH> Secondly, you should read original FTS documents from the 1990's.   
    KH> MSGID is without point number. In netmail there is separate FMPT   
    KH> kludge. Even the INTL kludge is without.   
      
   those are only examples in the documentation... point addresses are allowed in   
   MSGID and INTL control lines... they always have been...   
      
    KH> (There might be some never 2010 spec allowing something else.   
    KH> Support for newer specs will be implemented slowly. Support for   
    KH> specs that were not available at the time of BBBS release is, of   
    KH> course, impossible.)   
      
   actually, there is no newer FTN specifications specifically allowing for   
   such... there are a few newer specs but nothing related to this AFAIR... as   
   written above, there has never been any sort of spec or policy denying point   
   addresses in control lines that are 3D or 5D in nature... 4D brings in   
   points... 5D is domains... just to clarify ;)   
      
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