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   Wilfred van Velzen to Nicholas Boel   
   Re: Netmail and Jam   
   22 Nov 16 19:40:10   
   
   Hi,   
      
   On 2016-11-22 12:11:44, Nicholas Boel wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
     about: "Netmail and Jam":   
      
    WV>> I just found: http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0057.003   
      
    WV>> It's a proposal for an AreaFix standard (although that word isn't used   
    WV>> in there, so I couldn't find it at first). The RESCANNED kludge is   
    WV>> mentioned in there. FMail doesn't follow it exactly anymore though,   
    WV>> because the kludge now has the same format as the VIA kludge in   
    WV>> netmail. Also showing the date/time stamp when the message was   
    WV>> rescanned. Which I think is valuable information if you encounter a   
    WV>> RESCANNED kludge later on...   
      
    NB> That would explain why it was never upgraded to a standard. Definitely   
    NB> would have been a good thing if most tossers would have adopted that   
    NB> concept. It could have probably prevented many dupes from systems   
    NB> rescanning and forwarding all those messages to their links. :(   
      
   Well as a candidate new FTSC member you might be able to do something after   
   the election. I don't think it can be a FTS, because it's not really current   
   practise. But it should at least contain the word AreaFix, so it's easier to   
   find! ;)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
      
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