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|    Martin Foster to Wilfred van Velzen    |
|    OXP: ^REPLYTO missing?, was: ^REPLYID mi    |
|    22 Nov 20 09:09:00    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet eaa9766d       REPLY: 2:280/464 5fb7ea6c       PID: OpenXP/5.0.47 (Win32) (i386)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0000       Hello Wilfred!              *** Friday 20.11.20 at 17:09, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:               AA>>> At closer inspection, we may both be wrong. The samples show        AA>>> @REPLYTO.               AA>> From FSC-0035:               AA>> ^REPLYTO zone:net/node firstname lastname               AA>> which is used to signify the "userid" which mail destined to this other        AA>> network must be sent to and on which machine that userids resides.        AA>> Replies are sent to this zone:net/node and userid with the first line of        AA>> the message being changed into 'TO: ....' where .... is the FULL userid        AA>> from the ^AREPLYADDR line.               AA>> In anycase, OpenXP seems to be ignoring it. :(               WvV> It's an FSC document, so not a standard...              Yep, precisely and it's entirely at the discretion of software developers        whether they implement the feature or not.              Extract from FSC-0035:       ---------- 8< ----------       "This proposal should allow for almost totally       transparent gateways but requires the       co-operation of BBS software writers       to support this following protocol."       ---------- 8< ----------              Regards,       Martin              --- OpenXP 5.0.47        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 154/10 203/0 221/0       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 240/2100 5138       SEEN-BY: 240/5411 5832 5853 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854       SEEN-BY: 292/8125 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 310/31 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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