Subj : Differing origin lines from Vertrauen on Dove-Net
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Feb 21 2026 15:32:10

  Re: Differing origin lines from Vertrauen on Dove-Net
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sat Feb 21 2026 10:21 am

 > Hi DM,
 >
 > I've noticed something a bit odd in some messages from Vertrauen on
 > Dove-Net: The origin line in messages from Tmccaf seem to be slightly
 > different than the origin in other messages. As a result, when reading with
 > msglist.js (or DDMsgReader.js) on an 80-column UTF-8 terminal, the origin
 > line in messages from Tmccaf is wrapped. Also, it seems that after the wrap
 > point, the rest of the line on the screen isn't clared. The stock Synchronet
 > reader doesn't have this issue.  On a non-UTF8 terminal it looks as
 > expected, because msglist.js uses utf8_cp437() to translate the text.
 >
 > While reading Dove-Net Synchronet Discussion with msglist.js, I took some
 > screenshots of one of Tmccaf's messages and one of yours to compare
 > (including hex output showing the origin line).
 > From Tmccaf:
 > http://www.digitaldistortionbbs.com:81/synchronet_stuff/msgs/Tmccf_msg.png
 >
 > Hex output from Tmccaf's message: http://www.digitaldistortionbbs.com:81/syn
 > chronet_stuff/msgs/Tmccf_msg_hex.png
 >
 > A message from you:
 > http://www.digitaldistortionbbs.com:81/synchronet_stuff/msgs/DM_msg.png
 >
 > Hex output from your message:
 > http://www.digitaldistortionbbs.com:81/synchronet_stuff/msgs/DM_msg_hex.png

Can you dump/paste the SMB header for the message and compare? Maybe the entire message is the body and the tear and tag aren't going into the tail? UTF-8 encoding is likely the trigger. I'll post a message using UTF-8 here in a second as test.

I can't see the issue here on Vertrauen of course because the QWKnet taglines are added upon export.
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