Subj : areas.bbs question
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Fred Riccio
Date : Fri Apr 05 2019 07:51 am


05 Apr 19 02:08, Andrew Leary wrote to Fred Riccio:


 AL> 04 Apr 19 22:12, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 FR>> ________


 FR>> ; Like all standard AREAS.BBS files, the first NON-COMMENT line 
 FR>> should ; be the name of your system, followed by an exclamation point, 
 FR>> and then ; your name.  This name will be used when adding origin lines 
 FR>> to messages ; which were created on your system.

 FR>> Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains ! Fred Riccio

 FR>> _________


 AL> Interesting.  This is a leftover from the Opus/Maximus era, I 
 AL> believe.  

I think it goes back further than that.  I remember QMail, the first tosser I 
used back when I was a point used that line too.




For 
 AL> maximum compatibility, GoaTED should support this method of defining 
 AL> the 
 AL> default origin line, and not interpret this line as an area 
 AL> definition.

Agreed.  It's an undocumented standard from long ago.



 AL> In the meantime, adding a semicolon to comment this line out will 
 AL> allow GoaTED to function correctly.

As long as a proper origin line gets attached to his messages.

--- Msged/NT 6.0.1
 * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)

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