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   Message 57 of 342   
   Wilfred van Velzen to Nick Andre   
   Re: TZUTC kludge   
   02 Oct 15 12:33:54   
   
   Hi,   
      
   On 2015-10-01 18:55:48, Nick Andre wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen:   
     about: "Re: TZUTC kludge":   
      
    WV>>  NA> Noted.   
    WV>>   
    WV>> Seriously, why wouldn't you implement it?   
      
    NA> I never said I wouldn't. I noted the request.   
      
   Afaik 'noted' is mostly used when people want to say they read it, but don't   
   intend to do anything further with it... ;)   
      
    NA> Somewhere between a magical mystical sexy fancy Linux version   
      
   Tell me about it. It's on my list to create a linux FMail, for ages. ;)   
      
    NA> and support for Squish/JAM/Synchronet/Wildcat/Whatever I'll add   
    NA> something for this. Possibly just code for the editor to add whatever   
    NA> user-defined kludges defined.   
      
   It's a small request, so easy to sqeeze in there somewhere! ;)   
      
    WV>> So I was going through some areas to look at the usage of the TZUTC   
    WV>> flag, a was surprised how little it is used.   
      
    NA> You have to remember that a lot of Fido products were written during a   
    NA> time when Echomail was really becoming popular and programmers could   
    NA> not necessarily agree on what kludges to implement as standard. A lot   
    NA> of software really implemented what was "required" and not proposals.   
      
    NA> INTL and FMPT/TOPT come to mind... I'm sure theres others.   
      
   Of course, but the TZUTC kludge is a standard now:   
      
   http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-4008.002   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
      
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