Subj : Message reformatting
To   : mark lewis
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Mon Apr 08 2019 13:53:38

>the main thing is that no software should /ever/ modify the message text... it
>should only add to the seenbys and the path line... mucking about with anythin
> else in the message being processed before packing to other systems is
> BadJuJu<tm> and highly frowned upon...

Yep, this is the important part.

>software can do whatever it wants to to messages stored in its message base an
> displayed to its users... rescans of these messages will result in them being
>different than the originals when inspected at the packet level... with this i
> mind, there really is no need for software to mess about with the messages at
> all... let the users' terminals determine where the wrap takes place... not
>adding, stripping, or altering characters anywhere in a message (other than th
> few specified places) is ultimately the best thing...

I haven't seen James around since he released A43 a short time ago.

He is quiet when RL gets in the way but in the mean time Paul and I will try to
 package the above in a quick and easy way for him to see.

I know that echomail is a priority in Mystic's development so I think he'll
work on that once he learns of it.

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