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|    mark lewis to Oli    |
|    Worked on this earlier after work this e    |
|    04 May 20 08:27:29    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 786.fido-binkd@1:3634/12 23154343       REPLY: 2:280/464.47 5eb007a8       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux May 4 2020 GCC 7.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.172 May 4 2020 GCC 7.5.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: Worked on this earlier after work this evening...        By: Oli to mark lewis on Mon May 04 2020 14:16:40                      ml> i've read the documents and know what they say... i can also easily        ml> look at the dates on them which you apparently cannot do... the fact        ml> is that what you are pointing to as a standard was written *after*        ml> the tools under discussion... that means there was no standard for        ml> those tools to adhere to... plus the fact that documented standards        ml> change and it is quite easy for a tool that once was standards        ml> complient to no longer be standards complient... especially if it is        ml> not updated any more...               Oli> You can try to spin it again and again.              no spin... not even trying or wanting to...               Oli> I already quoted the BinkleyTerm documentation from 1990. But I do        Oli> it again for you:               Oli> "Note that outbound areas for domains other than your own will        Oli> ALWAYS have a zone extension."              1. the binkleyterm documentation is *NOT* the standards document...              2. if i am a member of zones 1 (fidonet) and 42 (fubarnet), then going        by the above single line taken out of context, the domain for z42        (fubarnet) is my domain as well as the one for zone 1 (fidonet)...        thus the outbound for z42 (fubnarnet) would *NOT* have the extension        (.02a) added...              thanks for playing!                     )\/(ark       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux        * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 601 220/50 226/30 227/114 702 229/100       SEEN-BY: 229/101 200 426 664 1014 240/5832 249/109 307 317 292/854       SEEN-BY: 342/200       PATH: 3634/12 154/10 280/464 229/101 426           |
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