TID: FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
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   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20240306   
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   REPLY: 50020.dove-syncdisc@12:1/2 2bac4979   
   Hi deon,   
      
   On 2024-11-27 09:47:49, you wrote to MRO:   
      
    de> Origin lines are however optional (as per FTS-4),   
      
   It doesn't say that! It says:   
      
   "Although the Origin line is not required by all Echomail processors, it is   
   added by the Conference Mail System to ensure complete compatibility."   
      
   It is not very clear wording, but I read that as software that creates   
   echomail messages should always add the origin line. But software that   
   processes echomail, should be flexible when it is not present.   
      
   fsc-0074.001, the supposed succesor of fts-0004.001, has much clearer wording,   
   and leaves no room for interpretation: "There shall be exactly one origin line   
   in a message."   
      
   I don't know why fsc-0074 never made it as fts-0004.002. It was drafted   
   between 06 Jun 1991 and 28 July 1993. Maybe if someone has archived the   
   contents of the private FTSC area, this can be made clear?   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
   --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523   
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