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     Re: Re: Newbie question   
     By: Wilfred van Velzen to deon on Wed Nov 27 2024 09:38 am   
      
   Hey Wilfred,   
      
    > 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.   
      
   I'm not going to 100% agree with you on this one.   
      
   In FTS-0004, in the section about Origin lines (which is point 3), the wording   
   as you have quoted "not required by all..." and "added... complete   
   compatibility" indicates to me that it is not (absolutely) required, but   
   rather useful if it is added.   
      
   Further, point 1 (Area Line), and point 4 (Seen-by Lines), explicitly states   
   that these control fields are required. So if point 3 was required, I would   
   expect it to explicitly state that too.   
      
   Certainly I agree that FSC-0074 does make this clearer and states that they   
   are required. It probably should have been promoted to a technical standard,   
   but wasnt, for whatever reasons it never made it?   
      
      
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