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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   
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