TID: FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523   
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   REPLY: 50039.dove-syncdisc@12:1/2 2bace8db   
   Hi deon,   
      
   On 2024-11-27 21:07:32, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> 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.   
      
    de> I'm not going to 100% agree with you on this one.   
      
    de> In FTS-0004, in the section about Origin lines (which is point 3), the   
   wording   
    de> as you have quoted "not required by all..." and "added... complete   
    de> compatibility" indicates to me that it is not (absolutely) required, but   
    de> rather useful if it is added.   
      
   I think that is putting it to weakly. And you leave out important parts of the   
   sentence: "Echomail processors"...   
      
   Echomail composing software should always add an origin line. As is made clear   
   in fsc-0074.   
      
    de> Further, point 1 (Area Line), and point 4 (Seen-by Lines), explicitly   
    de> states that these control fields are required. So if point 3 was   
    de> required, I would expect it to explicitly state that too.   
      
   Your expectations are irrelevant, in such a poorly drafted document! ;-)   
      
    de> Certainly I agree that FSC-0074 does make this clearer and states that   
    de> they are required. It probably should have been promoted to a   
    de> technical standard, but wasnt, for whatever reasons it never made it?   
      
   And that is probably unfortunately lost in history. But you are an ftsc   
   member, so you can put this on the agenda!   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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