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   Hello James!   
      
   19 Jan 22 11:14, you wrote to Oli:   
      
    JC> 2) Those that escape with \x## but still allow \## from the mailer   
    JC> side   
    JC>    BinkD (I think MBSE does too)   
      
   I just verified in the code that mbcico defaults to sending \x##, but can be    
   overridden on a per node basis to send \##.  Both will be accepted on the    
   incoming side.   
      
    JC> Both MBSE and newer Mystic provides the option to support \## or \x##   
    JC> escaping per connection as noted.  This seems to be what FTS   
    JC> recommends as a way to handle this mess.  It does seem to be a viable   
    JC> solution but your idea is great too!   
      
   I would have to test further to populate the list of mailers that require    
   setting the WrongEscape option (as it's labeled in the mbcico code.)   
      
    JC> Another confusing thing (and is partially responsible for how Mystic   
    JC> got it wrong originally) is that when you look up BinkP on Wikipedia   
    JC> it links to the old specifications released by the authors of Argus.   
    JC> If I remember correctly it was really difficult to even find FTS   
    JC> documentation when I was first implementing FTN into Mystic so these   
    JC> kind of links proved to be a pain point.   
      
   This is the big reason that the FTSC created the ftsc.org website.   
      
    JC> My testbed was Argus, IREX, and BinkD and \## was the only thing that   
    JC> worked with all of them as I recall, and it matches what Wikipedia   
    JC> says so thats what Mystic used back then...   
      
   If you ever need clarification on anything related to the FTSC, please don't    
   hesitate to netmail me.   
      
    JC> Unfortunately that is wrong as I later found Radius mailers that only   
    JC> supported \x## and I believe BinkIT falls into this category as well.   
      
   I would have to test to be sure.   
      
    JC> I think in hindsight it might have been better for FTS to leave it as   
    JC> \## since legacy mailers used it and could not be updated, but it is   
    JC> what it is!   
      
   BinkD (the original implementation of BinkP) has always used \x## as far as I    
   know.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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